Man Prayer of Manasseh, chapter Prayer of Manasseh, chapter 1
O LORD Almighty, that art in heaven, thou God of our fathers, of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; Exo 3:6; Exo 3:15who hast made heaven and earth, with all the Or, order Or, array Gen. ii. 1 (Sept.). ornament thereof; Job 23:13who 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; Psa 130:3whom all things fear, yea, tremble before thy power; Psa 103:17; Eph 4:32for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is importable: Ezk 18:23; Ezk 18:32thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; Mat 9:12; Luk 15:7for thou art the Lord Most High, of great compassion, longsuffering and abundant in mercy, and repentest Gr. of the evils of men. of bringing evils upon men. Luk 18:13The Alex. MS. omits Thou... saved.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, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: 2Ch 33:11for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions are multiplied, The Alex. MS. omits O Lord... 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. 2Ki 21:2; 2Ch 33:2I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head Some authorities omit by reason of my sins.by reason of my sins, neither have I any respite: for I have provoked thy wrath, and done that which is evil before thee: The Alex. MS. omits I did... commandments.I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied Or, stumbling-blocksdetestable things. Eph 3:14; Pro 28:13; 1Jn 1:9Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. Psa 6:5; Isa 38:18I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: but, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth. For thou, Another reading is, O God. O Lord, art the God of them that repent; and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. And I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for all the host of heaven doth sing thy praise, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.