Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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What all the saints make matter of joy and praise, Jonah makes the subject of reflection upon God; as if showing mercy were an imperfection of the Divine nature, which is the greatest glory of it. It is to his sparing, pardoning mercy, we all owe it that we are out of hell.