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65 lines
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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 inside the fish.
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2. He said,
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"I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
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and he answered me.
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I called to you from the land of the dead,
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and LORD, you heard me!
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3. You threw me into the ocean depths,
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and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
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The mighty waters engulfed me;
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I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
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4. Then I said, 'O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
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Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
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5. "I sank beneath the waves,
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and the waters closed over me.
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Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
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6. I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
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I was imprisoned in the earth,
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whose gates lock shut forever.
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But you, O LORD my God,
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snatched me from the jaws of death!
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7. As my life was slipping away,
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I remembered the LORD.
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And my earnest prayer went out to you
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in your holy Temple.
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8. Those who worship false gods
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turn their backs on all God's mercies.
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9. But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
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and I will fulfill all my vows.
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For my salvation comes from the LORD alone."
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10. Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
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