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<p class="indent1"> But You raised my life from the pit, <p class="indent2"> O LORD my God! <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As my life was fading away, <p class="indent2"> I remembered the LORD. <p class="indent1"> My prayer went up to You, <p class="indent2"> to Your holy temple. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Those who cling to worthless idols <p class="indent2"> forsake His loving devotion.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, <p class="indent2"> will sacrifice to You. <p class="indent1"> I will fulfill what I have vowed. <p class="indent2"> Salvation is from the LORD!” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>chesed</i><span class="thin"> </span> are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as <i>loving devotion</i><span class="thin"> </span>; the range of meaning includes <i>love</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>goodness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>kindness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>faithfulness</i><span class="thin"> </span>, and <i>mercy</i><span class="thin"> </span>, as well as <i>loyalty to a covenant</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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