A moment in scripture
Jonah 2:7
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When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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The surrounding passage
- Jonah 2:5
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
- Jonah 2:6
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.
- Jonah 2:8
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Jonah 2:9
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.