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Jonah 2:1-10

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, 2
saying,
        "I called to the LORD out of my distress,
        and he answered me;
        out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
        and you heard my voice.
        You cast me into the deep,
        into the heart of the seas,
        and the flood surrounded me;
        all your waves and your billows
        passed over me.
        Then I said, 'I am driven away
        from your sight;
        how shall I look again
        upon your holy temple?'
        The waters closed in over me;
        the deep surrounded me;
        weeds were wrapped around my head
        at the roots of the mountains.
        I went down to the land
        whose bars closed upon me forever;
        yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
        O LORD my God.
        As my life was ebbing away,
        I remembered the LORD;
        and my prayer came to you,
        into your holy temple.
        Those who worship vain idols
        forsake their true loyalty.
        But I with the voice of thanksgiving
        will sacrifice to you;
        what I have vowed I will pay.
        Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"

Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon the dry
land.