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Jonah 2 NIV
1 From inside the fish Jonah
prayed to the LORD his God.
2 He said: "In my distress I
called to the LORD, and he answered me.
From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to
my cry.
3 You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the
seas,
and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept
over me.
4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will
look again
toward your holy temple.'
5 The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath
barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O
LORD my God.
7 "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD,
and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that
could be theirs.
9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the LORD."
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto
dry land. |