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{\MT THE PRAYER OF MANASSEH



\par }\PoetryChap{1}{\Q \VerseOne{1}O Lord Almighty, that art in heaven,

\par }{\Q Thou God of our fathers,

\par }{\Q Of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,

\par }{\Q And of their righteous seed;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who hast made heaven and earth,

\par }{\Q With all the ornament thereof;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment;

\par }{\Q Who hast shut up the deep,

\par }{\Q And sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Whom all things fear,

\par }{\Q Yea, tremble before thy power;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne,

\par }{\Q And the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is importable:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For thou art the Lord Most High,

\par }{\Q Of great compassion, long-suffering and abundant in mercy,

\par }{\Q And repentest of bringing evils upon men.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness

\par }{\Q Hast promised repentance and forgiveness

\par }{\Q To them that have sinned against thee:

\par }{\Q And of thine infinite mercies

\par }{\Q Hast appointed repentance unto sinners,

\par }{\Q That they may be saved.

\par }{\Q Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just,

\par }{\Q Hast not appointed repentance to the just,

\par }{\Q To Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, who have not sinned against thee;

\par }{\Q But thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner:


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea.

\par }{\Q My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord: my transgressions are multiplied,

\par }{\Q And I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven

\par }{\Q For the multitude of mine iniquities.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I am bowed down with many iron bands,

\par }{\Q That I cannot lift up my head by reason of my sins,

\par }{\Q Neither have I any respite:

\par }{\Q For I have provoked thy wrath,

\par }{\Q And done that which is evil before thee:

\par }{\Q I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments:

\par }{\Q I have set up abominations, and have multiplied detestable things.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Now therefore I bow the knee of my heart,

\par }{\Q Beseeching thee of grace.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,

\par }{\Q And I acknowledge mine iniquities:


\par }{\Q \VS{13}But, I humbly beseech thee,

\par }{\Q Forgive me, O Lord, forgive me,

\par }{\Q And destroy me not with mine iniquities.

\par }{\Q Be not angry with me forever, by reserving evil for me;

\par }{\Q Neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth.

\par }{\Q For thou, O Lord, art the God of them that repent;


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And in me thou wilt show all thy goodness:

\par }{\Q For thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And I will praise thee forever all the days of my life:

\par }{\Q For all the host of heaven doth sing thy praise,

\par }{\Q And thine is the glory forever and ever. Amen.


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