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Jonah 2

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1 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish 2 and said,

"I called from my distress[a] to Yahweh,
    and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol[b] I cried for help—
    you heard my voice.
3 And you threw me into the deep,
    into the heart of the seas,
    and the sea currents surrounded me;
all your breakers and your surging waves
    passed over me.
4 And I said, ‘I am banished[c]
    from your sight;
how[d] will I continue to look[e]
    on your holy temple?'[f]
5 The waters encompassed me up to my neck;
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;
    the Underworld—its bars were around me forever.
But you brought up my life from the pit,
    Yahweh my God.
7 When my life was ebbing away from me,
    I remembered Yahweh,
and my prayer came to you,
    to your holy temple.[g]
8 Those who worship vain idols
    forsake their loyal love.[h]
9 But I, with a voice of thanksgiving,
    will sacrifice to you;
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
    Deliverance[i] belongs to Yahweh!"

10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.

 
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