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1 *Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.
2 He said,

"I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
  and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,*
  and LORD, you heard me!

3 You threw me into the ocean depths,
  and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
  I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

4 Then I said, `O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
  Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'


5 "I sank beneath the waves,
  and the waters closed over me.
  Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
  I was imprisoned in the earth,
  whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
  snatched me from the jaws of death!

7 As my life was slipping away,
  I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
  in your holy Temple.

8 Those who worship false gods
  turn their backs on all God's mercies.

9 But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
  and I will fulfill all my vows.
  For my salvation comes from the LORD alone."


10 Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

Footnotes

  1. ^ 1: 2:1 Verses 2:1-10 are numbered 2:2-11 in Hebrew text.
  2. ^ 2: 2:2 Hebrew from Sheol.