Jonah:2

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* Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish , * and said :–– I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah , And he heard me : Out of the depth of the under –world I cried , And thou didst hear my voice . * Thou didst cast me into the deep , into the heart of the sea , And the flood compassed me about ; All thy billows and thy waves passed over me . * And I said , "I am cast out from before thine eyes ; Yet I will look again to thy holy temple !" * The waters compassed me about , even to the life , The deep enclosed me round about ; Sea –weeds were bound around my head ; * I sank down to the foundations of the mountains ; The bars of the earth were about me forever ; Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit , O Jehovah , my God ! * When my soul fainted within me , I remembered Jehovah , And my prayer came to thee , To thy holy temple . * They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy ; * But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving ; I will pay that which I have vowed ; Salvation is from Jehovah . * And Jehovah commanded the fish , and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land .

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