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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.
