¹⁵ If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and ^(A)do not let me see my wretchedness!”

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but ^(A)with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life ^(B)or by death. ²¹ For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I ^[a]cannot tell. ^23 [b]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a ^(C)desire to depart and be with Christ, which is ^(D)far better. ²⁴ Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

⁸ And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, ^(A)“It is better for me to die than to live.”

⁹ Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”

^3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for ^(B)it is better for me to die than to live!”

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a ^[a]broom tree. And he ^(A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

³² Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, ^(A)blot me ^(B)out of Your book which You have written.”

⁴ But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be ^[a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.