1   And Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the ^note fisshes belly.

2   And saide: In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce.

3   Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe, into the middest of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me.

4   And I saide: I am cast away out of thy sight, yet wyll I loke againe toward thyne holy temple.

5   The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule, the deapth closed me on euery side, and the weedes were wrapt about my head.

6   I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines, the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption, O Lorde my God. B   

7   When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lorde, and my prayer came in vnto thee into thy holy temple.

8   They that holde vpon ^note lying vanitie, forsake his mercie.

9   But I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with the voyce of thankesgeuing, and wyll pay that that I haue vowed: for saluation is of the Lorde.

10   And the Lorde spake vnto the fisshe, and it cast out Ionas vpon the ^note drye lande.

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