Jonah 2

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• 1. From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
• 2. He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
• 3. You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
• 4. I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
• 5. The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
• 6. To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O LORD my God.
• 7. "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
• 8. "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
• 9. But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."
• 10. And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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