Jonah's Prayer

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,

When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.