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2:1 |
hen Ionah prayed vnto the Lord his God, out of the fishes belly, |
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2:2 |
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce. |
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2:3 |
For thou hadst cast mee into the deepe, in the middest of the Seas, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes & thy waues passed ouer me. |
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2:4 |
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will looke againe toward thy holy Temple. |
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2:5 |
The waters compassed mee about euen to the soule; the depth closed mee round about; the weedes were wrapt about my head. |
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2:6 |
I went downe to the bottomes of the mountaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my life from corruption, O Lord my God. |
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2:7 |
When my soule fainted within mee, I remembred the Lord, and my prayer came in vnto thee, into thine holy Temple. |
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2:8 |
They that obserue lying vanities, forsake their owne mercy. |
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2:9 |
But I wil sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thanksgiuing, I will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lord. |
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2:10 |
And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it vomited out Ionah vpon the drie land. |
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