Jonah 2
Jonah's Prayer of
Thanksgiving for Deliverance |
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Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
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and said,
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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. |
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For thou hadst cast me into the deep,
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in the midst of the seas; |
and the floods compassed me about: |
all thy billows and thy waves passed over
me. |
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Then I said, I am cast out of thy
sight;
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yet I will look again toward thy holy
temple. |
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The waters compassed me about,
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even to the soul: |
the depth closed me round about, |
the weeds were wrapped about my
head. |
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I went down to the bottoms of the
mountains;
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the earth with her bars was about me for
ever: |
yet hast thou brought up my life from
corruption, |
O LORD my
God. |
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When my soul fainted within me
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I remembered the LORD: |
and my prayer came in unto thee, |
into thine holy
temple. |
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They that observe lying vanities
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But I will sacrifice unto thee
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with the voice of thanksgiving; |
I will pay that that I have vowed. |
Salvation is of the LORD. |
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And the LORD spake
unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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