² He prayed to the Lord,^(A) “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.^(B) I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,^(C) slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.^(D)

³ And now, Lord, take my life from me,^(A) for it is better for me to die than to live.”^(B)