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4 So I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight. Will I ever again look on 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 Waters have grasped me to the point of death; the deep surrounds me. Seaweed is wrapped around my head
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 at the base of the undersea mountains. I have sunk down to the underworld; its bars held me with no end in sight. But you brought me out of the pit.'
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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 When my endurance was weakening, I remembered the LORD, and 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 deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy.
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But me, I will offer a sacrifice to you with a voice of thanks. That which I have promised, I will pay. Deliverance belongs to 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 spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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