1 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish.
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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, 2
and Lord , you heard me!
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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.
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Then I said, ‘O Lord , you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
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“I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
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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!
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As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the Lord .
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
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Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
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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.”
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Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.