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The Holy Bible

King James Version

The Book of Jonah

Jonah Chapter 2

  

Jonah’s Prayer

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Then

Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,  2  And said,


I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord,
and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I,
and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep,
in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves
passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out
of thy sight; yet I will look again
toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:
the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption,
O Lord my God.

7 When my soul fainted within me
I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee,
into thine holy temple.

8 They that observe lying vanities
forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee
with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord.

10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.