| Chapter 2 |
| 1 | Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD
his God out of the fish's belly, |
| 2 | And said, I cried by reason of
mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried
I, and thou heardest my voice. |
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3 | For thou hadst cast me into the deep,
in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows
and thy waves passed over me. |
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4 | Then I said, I am cast out of thy
sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. |
| 5 | The waters
compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the
weeds were wrapped about my head. |
| 6 | I went down to the bottoms of
the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou
brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. |
| 7 | When my soul
fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into
thine holy temple. |
| 8 | They that observe lying vanities forsake
their own mercy. |
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9 | But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the
LORD. |
| 10 |
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah
upon the dry land. |
