- From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
- He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
- You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
- I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
- The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
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- Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
- 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.
- 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.
- Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
- The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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