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jps@Jonah:2:1 @ Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.

jps@Jonah:2:2 @ And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice.

jps@Jonah:2:3 @ For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.

jps@Jonah:2:4 @ And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.

jps@Jonah:2:5 @ The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

jps@Jonah:2:6 @ I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

jps@Jonah:2:7 @ When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.

jps@Jonah:2:8 @ They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

jps@Jonah:2:9 @ But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.

jps@Jonah:2:10 @ And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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