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1 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the abdomen of the fish.
2 And he said, “I cried out to Yahweh from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out, you heard my voice.
3 Now you had cast me deep into the heart of the seas, and a current surrounded me; all your billows and your waves passed over me.
4 But as for me, I said, ‘I have been driven out from before your eyes; yet I might again look toward your holy temple.’
5 Water had closed around me even as far as life, the deep was surrounding me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I had gone down to the bases of the mountains, the earth with its bars were around me forever; but you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God!
7 When my spirit fainted upon me, I remembered Yahweh and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who give attention to empty vanities forsake their covenant faithfulness.
9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh!”
10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah onto the dry land.
The Book of Jonah