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‏ Jonah 2

CHAPTER 2 Jonah's Prayer

1 And Jonah prayed to the lord his God from out of the belly of the whale. 2 And he said, I yelled my affliction to the lord my God, and he hearkened to me. From out of the belly of Hades was my cry; you heard my voice. 3 You threw me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and rivers encircled me. All your crests and your waves [²upon ³me ¹went]. 4 And I said, Have I been thrust away from your eyes? Surely I shall proceed to look towards [³temple ²holy ¹your]. 5 [²was poured about ³me ¹Water] unto the soul. The deep encircled me to the extreme; [³went down ²head ¹my]. 6 Into the fissures of mountains I went down; into the earth of which its bars [²holds ¹are the eternal]. Yet let [²ascend ³from ⁴corruption ¹my life], O lord my God! 7 In the faltering [²from ³me ¹of my soul] I remembered the lord; and may [²come ³to ⁴you ¹my prayer] in [³temple ²holy ¹your]. 8 The ones watching vanities and lies [²their mercy ¹abandoned]. 9 But I with the voice of praise and acknowledgment will sacrifice to you. As much as I vowed I will render to you. For my deliverance is by the lord. 10 And it was assigned from the lord to the whale; and it cast out Jonah upon the dry land.