Prayer of Manasseh 1 — WBMS
1Verse 1Lord God Almighty of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their just seed,Verse 2which madest heaven and earth, with all the adorning of those [or them],Verse 3which hast marked the sea by the word of thy commandment, which hast enclosed altogether the depth, or the deepness, of waters, and hast marked them to thy fearedful and praiseable name,Verse 4which all men dread, and tremble of the cheer of thy virtue,Verse 5and the wrath of thy menacing [or thy threatening] on sinners is unsuffer-able, either may not be sustained.Verse 6Soothly the mercy of thy promise is full-great and unsearchable, either may not be comprehended by man’s wit;Verse 7for thou art the Lord most high over all earth; thou art patient, or long-abiding, and much merciful, and doing penance, or repenting, on the malices of men. Truly, Lord, by thy goodness thou hast promised penance of forgiveness of sins, that is, forgiving sins for repenting of men;Verse 8and thou, Lord, that art God of just men, hast not set penance to just men, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to them that sinned not against thee.Verse 9But (thou settest penance unto me, that am a sinner), for I have sinned more than the number is of the gravel of the sea;Verse 10my wickednesses be multiplied. I am bowed with much bond of iron, and no breathing is to me; for I have stirred thy wrathfulness, and I have done evil before thee, and I have set abominations, and I have multiplied offensions.Verse 11And now, I bow the knees of mine heart, and beseech goodness of thee, Lord.Verse 12I have sinned, Lord; I have sinned, and I acknowledge my wicked-ness.Verse 13I ask, and I pray thee, Lord; forgive thou to me, forgive thou to me; lose thou me not altogether with my wickednesses, neither reserve thou evils to me without end.Verse 14For, Lord, by thy great mercy thou shalt save me, most unworthy wretch, and I shall praise thee ever in all the days of my life; for all the virtue, that is, all those orders of angels, of heavens praiseth thee, and to thee is glory into worlds of worlds. Amen.