| Chapter 2
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
