1. And it is grievous unto Jonah--a great evil--and he is displeased at it;
2. and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land--therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish--that I have known that Thou [art] a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger,and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?
3. And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'