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2 And Jonah prayed to▵ Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish,
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3 and said , I called from my adversity to▵ Jehovah , and He answered me; from the belly of hell I cried··out, and Thou didst hear my voice .
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4 And Thou didst cast me into the depth , in the heart of the seas , and the river surrounded me; all Thy breakers and Thy waves passed over me.
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5 And I◦ said , I am driven··out from in··front··of Thine eyes ; nevertheless◦ I will look again toward▵ the temple of Thy holiness .
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6 The waters enclosed me, even··to the soul ; the abyss surrounded me; the seaweed bound··up my head .
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7 I went··down to the bottoms* of the mountains ; the earth with her bars was over▫ me for eternity ; but Thou hast brought··up my life from the ditch, O Jehovah my God .
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8 When my soul was··overwhelmed within me I remembered Jehovah ; and my prayer came ··in unto▵ Thee, into▵ the temple of Thy holiness .
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9 They who keep fleeting vanities forsake their own mercy .
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10 But I◦ will sacrifice to Thee with the voice of confession; I will pay that which I have vowed . Salvation is of◦ Jehovah .
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11 And Jehovah spoke ◦ to the fish, and it vomited ··out Jonah to▵ the dry land.