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1 [ 2:2] And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
2 [ 2:3] and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and He hearkened unto me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: You heard my voice.
3 [ 2:4] For You have 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.
4 [ 2:5] And I said, I am cast out of Your presence: shall I indeed look again toward Your holy temple?
5 [ 2:6] Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
6 [ 2:7] 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.
7 [ 2:8] When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to You into Your holy temple.
8 [ 2:9] Those that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
9 [ 2:10] But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to You, the Lord of my salvation.
10 [ 2:11] And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonah on the dry land.
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