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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You cast me into the deep— into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4So I told myself, 'I have been driven away from you. How will I again gaze on your holy Temple?' |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Flood waters encompassed me, the deep surrounded me while seaweed wrapped around my head. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But as for me, with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance is the LORD's!" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then the LORD spoke to the sea creature, and it spewed Jonah onto the dry land. |
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