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Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lord his God, out of the fishes belly,

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.

For thou hadst cast mee into the deepe, in the middest of the Seas, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes & thy waues passed ouer me.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will looke againe toward thy holy Temple.

The waters compassed mee about euen to the soule; the depth closed mee round about; the weedes were wrapt about my head.

I went downe to the bottomes of the mountaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

When my soule fainted within mee, I remembred the Lord, and my prayer came in vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.

They that obserue lying vanities, forsake their owne mercy.

But I wil sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thanksgiuing, I will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lord.

And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it vomited out Ionah vpon the drie land.