Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.
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He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3 You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current overcame me. All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.
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You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4 But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.
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I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
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To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple.
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“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love,
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the Lord!
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But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ”
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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