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Jonah's Prayer and God's Answer
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# Chapter 2
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1. Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly.
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2. And he said:
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"I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,
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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 floods surrounded me;
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All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
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4. Then I said, 'I have been cast out of Your sight;
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Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'
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5. The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
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The deep closed around me;
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Weeds were wrapped around my head.
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6. I went down to the moorings of the mountains;
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The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
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Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,
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O Lord, my God.
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7. "When my soul fainted within me,
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I remembered the Lord;
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And my prayer went up to You,
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Into Your holy temple.
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8. "Those who regard worthless idols
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Forsake their own Mercy.
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9. But I will sacrifice to You
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With the voice of thanksgiving;
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I will pay what I have vowed.
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Salvation is of the Lord."
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10. So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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