1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
3. Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”