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1 From the belly of the fish Yonah prayed to ADONAI his God;
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Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 he said, "Out of my distress I called to ADONAI, and he answered me; from the belly of Sh'ol I cried, and you heard my voice.
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In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.
3 For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the flood enveloped me; all your surging waves passed over me.
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For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
4 I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight.' But I will again look at your holy temple.
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And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The water surrounded me, threatened my life; the deep closed over me, seaweed twined around my head.
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The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 I was going down to the bottoms of the mountains, to a land whose bars would close me in forever; but you brought me up alive from the pit, ADONAI, my God!
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I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
7 As my life was ebbing away, I remembered ADONAI; and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
8 "Those who worship vain idols give up their source of mercy;
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The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 but I, speaking my thanks aloud, will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed, I will pay. Salvation comes from ADONAI!"
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But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
10 Then ADONAI spoke to the fish, and it vomited Yonah out onto dry land.
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And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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