2 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 ^jI made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^kgracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.

6 ^rThe Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ^s“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,