Matins
Matins Psalm
From the Psalms of our teacher David the prophet.
May his blessings be with us all.
Jonah 2 : 2 - 10
Chapter 2
| 2 | And he said: "I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
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| 3 | For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
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| 4 | Then I said, "I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'
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| 5 | The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.
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| 6 | I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God.
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| 7 | "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
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| 8 | "Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
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| 9 | But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."
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| 10 | So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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Psalms 102 : 14,15,9,10
Chapter 102
| 14 | For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.
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| 15 | So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
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| 9 | For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
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| 10 | Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Our Lord God, Savior, and King of us all, Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God to whom be glory forever.
Amen.
