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II] days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, and said,


 * by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me;
 * Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
 * For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;
 * And the floods compassed me about:
 * All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
 * Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;
 * Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
 * The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:
 * The depth closed me round about,
 * The weeds were wrapped about my head.
 * I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
 * The earth with her bars was about me for ever:
 * Yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
 * When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord:
 * And my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
 * They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
 * But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;