Jon Jonah, chapter Book of Jonah, chapter 4
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'I pray Thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in mine own country? Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil. Exo 34:6; Psa 86:5; Jol 2:13; Nam 1:3