THE PRAYER OF MANASSEH

1 O Lord Almighty, that art in heaven,

Thou God of our fathers,

Of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,

And of their righteous seed;

2 Who hast made heaven and earth,

With all the ornament thereof;

3 Who 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;

4 Whom all things fear,

Yea, tremble before thy power;

5 For the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne,

And the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is importable:

6 Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;

7 For thou art the Lord Most High,

Of great compassion, long-suffering and abundant in mercy,

And repentest of bringing evils upon men.

8 Thou, 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:

9 For 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.

10 I 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.

11 Now therefore I bow the knee of my heart,

Beseeching thee of grace.

12 I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,

And I acknowledge mine iniquities:

13 But, 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;

14 And in me thou wilt show all thy goodness:

For thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.

15 And 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.