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Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,

and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I called for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord , and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

"For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

"So I said, 'I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

"Water encompassed me to the point of death. The deep flowed around me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

"I descended to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

"While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord : and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

"Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

But I will sacrifice to You With a voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the LORD."

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord .

Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.