Prayer of Manasseh 1 — ASVBT
1Verse 1O Lord Almighty, that art in heaven,
Thou God of our fathers,
Of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
And of their righteous seed;
Verse 2Who hast made heaven and earth,
With all the ornament thereof;
Verse 3Who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment;
Who hast shut up the deep,
And sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name;
Verse 4Whom all things fear,
Yea, tremble before thy power;
Verse 5For the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne,
And the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is importable:
Verse 6Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
Verse 7For thou art the Lord Most High,
Of great compassion, long-suffering and abundant in mercy,
And repentest of bringing evils upon men.
Verse 8Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness
Hast promised repentance and forgiveness
To them that have sinned against thee:
And of thine infinite mercies
Hast appointed repentance unto sinners,
That they may be saved.
Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just,
Hast not appointed repentance to the just,
To Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, who have not sinned against thee;
But thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner:
Verse 9For I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea.
My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord: my transgressions are multiplied,
And I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven
For the multitude of mine iniquities.
Verse 10I am bowed down with many iron bands,
That I cannot lift up my head by reason of my sins,
Neither have I any respite:
For I have provoked thy wrath,
And done that which is evil before thee:
I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments:
I have set up abominations, and have multiplied detestable things.
Verse 11Now therefore I bow the knee of my heart,
Beseeching thee of grace.
Verse 12I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,
And I acknowledge mine iniquities:
Verse 13But, I humbly beseech thee,
Forgive me, O Lord, forgive me,
And destroy me not with mine iniquities.
Be not angry with me forever, by reserving evil for me;
Neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth.
For thou, O Lord, art the God of them that repent;
Verse 14And in me thou wilt show all thy goodness:
For thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.
Verse 15And I will praise thee forever all the days of my life:
For all the host of heaven doth sing thy praise,
And thine is the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Thou God of our fathers,
Of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
And of their righteous seed;
Verse 2Who hast made heaven and earth,
With all the ornament thereof;
Verse 3Who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment;
Who hast shut up the deep,
And sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name;
Verse 4Whom all things fear,
Yea, tremble before thy power;
Verse 5For the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne,
And the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is importable:
Verse 6Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
Verse 7For thou art the Lord Most High,
Of great compassion, long-suffering and abundant in mercy,
And repentest of bringing evils upon men.
Verse 8Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness
Hast promised repentance and forgiveness
To them that have sinned against thee:
And of thine infinite mercies
Hast appointed repentance unto sinners,
That they may be saved.
Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just,
Hast not appointed repentance to the just,
To Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, who have not sinned against thee;
But thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner:
Verse 9For I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea.
My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord: my transgressions are multiplied,
And I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven
For the multitude of mine iniquities.
Verse 10I am bowed down with many iron bands,
That I cannot lift up my head by reason of my sins,
Neither have I any respite:
For I have provoked thy wrath,
And done that which is evil before thee:
I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments:
I have set up abominations, and have multiplied detestable things.
Verse 11Now therefore I bow the knee of my heart,
Beseeching thee of grace.
Verse 12I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,
And I acknowledge mine iniquities:
Verse 13But, I humbly beseech thee,
Forgive me, O Lord, forgive me,
And destroy me not with mine iniquities.
Be not angry with me forever, by reserving evil for me;
Neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth.
For thou, O Lord, art the God of them that repent;
Verse 14And in me thou wilt show all thy goodness:
For thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.
Verse 15And I will praise thee forever all the days of my life:
For all the host of heaven doth sing thy praise,
And thine is the glory forever and ever. Amen.