Jonah 2
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Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the
belly of the whale three days and three nights.
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And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
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and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even
to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard my voice.
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You did cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed
me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon me.
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And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your
holy temple?
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Water was poured around me to the soul: the Gr. last lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
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to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting
barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
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When my soul was failing Gr. from me me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.
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They that observe Gr. vain and false things vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I
have vowed I will pay to you, Or, for a thank-offering to the Lord the Lord of my salvation.
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And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry land.