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Jonah's Prayer
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# Chapter 2
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1. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
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2. saying,
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"I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,
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and he answered me;
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out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
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and you heard my voice.
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3. For you cast me into the deep,
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into the heart of the seas,
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and the flood surrounded me;
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all your breakers and your waves
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passed over me.
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4. Then I said, 'I am driven away
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from your sight;
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yet I shall again look
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upon your holy temple.'
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5. The waters closed in over me to take my life;
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the deep surrounded me;
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weeds were wrapped about my head.
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6. To the roots of the mountains I went down,
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to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.
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Yet you brought up my life from the pit,
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O LORD my God.
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7. When my life was fainting away,
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I remembered the LORD,
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and my prayer came to you,
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into your holy temple.
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8. Those who pay regard to vain idols
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forsake their hope of steadfast love.
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9. But I with the voice of thanksgiving
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will sacrifice to you;
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what I have vowed I will pay.
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Salvation belongs to the LORD!"
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10. And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
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