Chapter 2

¹ Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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² And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale, ³ and said,

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⁴ Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me:

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⁵ And I said, I am cast out of thy presence:

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⁶ Water was poured around me to the soul:

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⁷ to the clefts of the mountains;

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⁸ When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord;

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⁹ They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.

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¹⁰ But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving:

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¹¹ And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonah on the dry [land].

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