Jonah 2
1 Now the Lord chose a huge fish that could swallow up Jonah and that is how Jonah came to be in the belly of the fish for three days and for three nights.
2 While he was inside the fish, Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God and this is what he said:
3 I called out unto the Lord from within my time of trouble
and he listened to me;
From the very depths of Hell I hailed you.
You heard my cry for Help,
4 Since it was you who cast me down
into the depths,
into the heart of the sea;
(The flood of waters would not let me go.)
all of your crashing waves
and all of your rolling waves
washed over me.
5 That's when I heard myself say,
"Even though I cannot be in your presence right now,
I will be able to feast my eyes on your Holy Temple
6 Unto the depths of my soul itself,
the waters surrounded me;
In the heart of the great deep,
is where I drowned,
pressed to my brow,
the seaweed wound.
7 To the place where the mountains rest,
I sank that low;
The doors in the lowest parts of the earth,
were closed upon me
by an eternal hand.
But before my life slipped forever away,
You raised me up,
O Lord my God!
8 When my soul was shrouded within me,
I remembered the Lord;
And I sent to your Holy Temple
the offering of my prayer.
9 There are many who forsake kindness.
The cause of this?
Being all too ready to depend on lies.
10 But as for me?
I will be singing God's praises,
putting my tongue to good use,
as I get ready to sacrifice and
as I prepare to pay my vows:
There is Salvation in the Lord!
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