Prayer of Manasseh

O Lord, ^aAlmighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their ^grighteous seed; ^2bwho hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; ^3bwho 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; ⁴whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power; ⁵for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening towards sinners is importable; ⁶but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and ^cunsearchable; ⁷for thou art the most high Lord, of ^degreat compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, ^eand repentest of the evils of men: 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 ^frepentance unto sinners, ^fthat they may be saved.

⁸Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the ^gjust, hast not appointed repentance to the ^gjust, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, ^hwhich have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto ⁱme that am a sinner: ⁹for ^kI have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, ^lare multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and ^kI am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities. ¹⁰I am bowed down ^mwith many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have any release: for I have provoked thy wrath, and done evil before thee: I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: ⁿI have set up abominations, and ^lhave multiplied offences.

¹¹Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. ¹²I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: ¹³wherefore, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. ^oBe not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me ^pinto the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent; ¹⁴and ^qin me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. ¹⁵Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for ^rall the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and ^sthine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.