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Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly. |
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He said, 'I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. |
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For you threw me into the depths, In the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. |
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I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' |
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The waters surrounded me, Even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. |
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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God. |
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'When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. |
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Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
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But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.' |
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Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. |