But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he requested for his soul that he might die, and said, It is enough! Now, Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,

who are joyful with exultation, and are glad when they meet the grave;

Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant me the thing that I long for;

Then I would still have comfort; though in anguish, I would leap for joy; let Him not spare; for I have not hidden the Words of the Holy One.

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my body.

And now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.

And it happened when the sun rose, that God appointed a scorching east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted; and he begged for his soul to die. And he said, It is better for me to die than to live.

And God said to Jonah, Is it right for you to be angry over the plant? And he said, It is right for me to be angry, even to death.

according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know.

Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.

But let patience have its perfecting work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

Why has my pain been continual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You surely are to me like deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jehovah has taken away your judgments; He has turned away your enemy. Jehovah, the King of Israel, is in your midst; you shall not see evil any more.