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The earth with her bars closed upon me for ever;</div><div class="po2">Yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit,</div><div class="po2">O LORD my God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When my soul fainted within me,</div><div class="po2">I remembered the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And my prayer came in unto Thee,</div><div class="po2">Into Thy holy temple.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They that regard lying vanities</div><div class="po2">Forsake their own mercy.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But I will sacrifice unto Thee</div><div class="po2">With the voice of thanksgiving;</div><div class="po2">That which I have vowed I will pay.</div><div class="po2">Salvation is of the LORD.</div> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jonah/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jonah 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jonah 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jonah/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jonah 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jonah 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/jonah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>