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Jonah's Prayer

^1 (F1)Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God ^(C1)from the stomach of the fish,² and he said,

"I ^(C1)called out of my distress to the LORD,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the ^(F1)depth of ^(C2)Sheol;
You heard my voice.

³ "For You had ^(C1)cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current ^(F1)engulfed me.
All Your ^(C2)breakers and billows passed over me.

⁴ "So I said, 'I have been ^(C1)expelled from ^(F1)Your sight.
Nevertheless I will look again ^(C2)toward Your holy temple.'

⁵ "^(C1)Water encompassed me to the ^(F1)point of death.
The great ^(C2)deep ^(F2)engulfed me,
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

⁶ "I ^(C1)descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its ^(C2)bars was around me forever,
But You have ^(C3)brought up my life from ^(F1)the pit, O LORD my God.

⁷ "While ^(F1)I was ^(C1)fainting away,
I ^(C2)remembered the LORD,
And my ^(C3)prayer came to You,
Into ^(C4)Your holy temple.

⁸ "Those who ^(C1)regard ^(F1)vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

⁹ But I will ^(C1)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will ^(C2)pay.
^(C3)Salvation is from the LORD."

¹⁰ Then the LORD commanded the ^(C1)fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.