Prayer of Manasseh 7–9

⁷for thou art the Lord Most High,

of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful,

and repentest over the evils of men.

Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness

hast promised repentance and forgiveness

to those who have sinned against thee;

and in the multitude of thy mercies

thou hast appointed repentance for sinners,

that they may be saved.

⁸Therefore thou, O Lord, God of the righteous,

hast not appointed repentance for the righteous,

for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against thee,

but thou hast appointed repentance for me, who am a sinner.

⁹For the sins I have committed are more in number than the sand of the sea;

my transgressions are multiplied, O Lord, they are multiplied!

I am unworthy to look up and see the height of heaven

because of the multitude of my iniquities.