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Jonah 2:2

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I cried: Genesis 32:7-12, Genesis 32:24-28; 1 Samuel 30:6; Psalms 4:1, Psalms 18:4-6, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 65:2; Psalms 120:1, Psalms 142:1-3; Luke 22:44; Hebrews 5:7

by reason of mine: or, out of mine, 1 Samuel 1:16

out: Psalms 18:5-6, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 88:1-7, Psalms 116:3

hell: or, the grave, Psalms 16:10; Isaiah 14:9; Matthew 12:40; Acts 2:27

and thou: Psalms 34:6, Psalms 65:2

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