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Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said ,
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In my trouble I was crying to the Lord , and he gave me an answer ; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice .
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For you have put me down into the deep , into the heart of the sea ; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
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And I said , I have been sent away from before your eyes ; how may I ever again see your holy Temple ?
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The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head .
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I went down to the bases of the mountains ; as for the earth , her walls were about me for ever : but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God .
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When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord : and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple .
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The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
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But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths . Salvation is the Lord 's.
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And at the Lord 's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.