1   Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish's belly. 2   He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. 3   For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your breakers and waves passed over me. 4   I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' 5   The waters surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep was around me. The end is upon my head. 6   I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God. 7   "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. 8   Those who regard worthless things forsake their faithfulness. 9   But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD." 10   The LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

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