## Jonah's Prayer 

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Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish, 

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and he said, "I called out of my distress to Yahweh, And He answered me. I cried for help from the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice. 

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For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current surrounded me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me. 

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So I said, 'I have been driven away from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.' 

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Water encompassed me to _my very_ soul. The great deep surrounded me, Weeds were wrapped around my head. 

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I went down to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars _closed_ behind me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Yahweh my God. 

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While my soul was fainting within me, I remembered Yahweh, And my prayer came to You, To Your holy temple. 

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Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their lovingkindness, 

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But as for me, I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to Yahweh." 

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Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.