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Then Jonah prayed to the
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saying,
"I called to the
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
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You cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
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Then I said, "I am driven away
from your sight;
how 1 shall I look again
upon your holy temple?'
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The waters closed in over me;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped around my head
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at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
O
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As my life was ebbing away,
I remembered the
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
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Those who worship vain idols
forsake their true loyalty.
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But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Deliverance belongs to the
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Then the