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Jonah’s Prayer inside the Fish

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

2 Jonah prayed:

“I called to the Lord in my distress,

and he answered me.

From the depths of my ⸤watery⸥ grave I cried for help,

and you heard my cry.

3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea,

and water surrounded me.

All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.

4 “Then I thought,

‘I have been banished from your sight.

Will I ever see your holy temple again?’

5 “Water surrounded me, threatening my life.

The deep ⸤sea⸥ covered me completely.

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6 I sank to the foot of the mountains.

I sank to the bottom,

where bars held me forever.

But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God.

7 “As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord.

My prayer came to you in your holy temple.

8 Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty ⸤to you⸥.

9 But I will sacrifice to you with songs of thanksgiving.

I will keep my vow.

Victory belongs to the Lord!”

10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore.

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