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1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. 2 Jonah prayed: |I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my [watery] grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry. 3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me. 4 |Then I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?' 5 |Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep [sea] covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O LORD, my God. Jonah 2:1-6, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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