JPS_ASV_Byz(i)
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'I pray Thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in mine own country? Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long- suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil.
3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'