1. But it greatly displeased Yonah, and he was grieved.
2. And he prayed to יהוה, and he said, “Please, יהוה, was this not what I said while I was in my own land? This is why I went ahead and fled to Tarshish. For I know that You are an Ěl showing favour, and compassionate, patient and of great kindness, and relenting from doing evil.
3. “And now, O יהוה, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”