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2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, 2:2 saying, 'I called to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me;out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice. 2:3 For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me;all thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out from thy presence;how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?' 2:5 The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me;weeds were wrapped about my head 2:6 at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever;yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD my God. 2:7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD;and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple. 2:8 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty. 2:9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee;what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!' 2:10 And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.