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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2saying, “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. |
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