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3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jonah's Prayer</h3><p class="par"><span class="v32_2_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.1" class="v32_2_1">1</span>From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> his God:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.2" class="v32_2_2">2</span>When I was in trouble, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_2">I prayed to you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_2">and you listened to me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_2">From deep in the world</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_2">of the dead,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_2">I begged for your help,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_2">and you answered my prayer.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.3" class="v32_2_3">3</span>You threw me down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_3">to the bottom of the sea.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_3">The water was churning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_3">all around;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_3">I was completely covered</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_3">by your mighty waves.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.4" class="v32_2_4">4</span>I thought I was swept away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_4">from your sight,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_4">never again to see</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_4">your holy temple.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.5" class="v32_2_5">5</span>I was almost drowned</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_5">by the swirling waters</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_5">that surrounded me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_5">Seaweed had wrapped</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_5">around my head.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.6" class="v32_2_6">6</span>I had sunk down deep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_6">below the mountains</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_6">beneath the sea.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_6">I knew that forever,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_6">I would be a prisoner there.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_6">But, you, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_6">rescued me from that pit.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.7" class="v32_2_7">7</span>When my life was slipping away,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_7">I remembered you—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_7">and in your holy temple</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_7">you heard my prayer.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.8" class="v32_2_8">8</span>All who worship worthless idols</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_8">turn from the God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_8">who offers them mercy.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.9" class="v32_2_9">9</span>But with shouts of praise,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_9">I will offer a sacrifice</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_9">to you, my <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_9">I will keep my promise,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v32_2_9">because you are the one</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v32_2_9">with power to save.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_2_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.2.10" class="v32_2_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.2.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded the fish to vomit up Jonah on the shore. 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