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Prayer of Manasseh
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[2] thou who hast made heaven and earth with all their
order;
[3] who hast shackled the sea by thy word of command, who
hast confined the deep and sealed it with thy terrible and glorious
name;
[4] at whom all things shudder, and tremble before thy
power,
[5] for thy glorious splendor cannot be borne, and the wrath
of thy threat to sinners is irresistible;
[6] yet immeasurable and
unsearchable is thy promised mercy,
[7] for thou art the Lord Most
High, of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful, and
repentest over the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great
goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned
against thee; and in the multitude of thy mercies thou hast appointed
repentance for sinners, that they may be saved.
[8] Therefore thou,
O Lord, God of the righteous, hast not appointed repentance for the
righteous, for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against
thee, but thou hast appointed repentance for me, who am a
sinner.
[9] For the sins I have committed are more in number than
the sand of the sea; my transgressions are multiplied, O Lord, they are
multiplied! I am unworthy to look up and see the height of heaven because
of the multitude of my iniquities.
[10] I am weighted down with many
an iron fetter, so that I am rejected because of my sins, and I have no
relief;
for I have provoked thy wrath and have done what is evil in thy
sight, setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.
[11] And
now I bend the knee of my heart, beseeching thee for thy
kindness.
[12] I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I know my
transgressions.
[13] I earnestly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord,
forgive me! Do not destroy me with my transgressions! Do not be angry with
me for ever or lay up evil for me; do not condemn me to the depths of the
earth. For thou, O Lord, art the God of those who repent,
[14] and
in me thou wilt manifest thy goodness; for, unworthy as I am, thou wilt save
me in thy great mercy,
[15] and I will praise thee continually all the
days of my life. For all the host of heaven sings thy praise, and thine is
the glory for ever. Amen.