Prayer of Manasseh

Intro

O Lord Almighty, God of our fathers, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven and earth with all their array; who hast bound the sea by the word of thy command; who hast shut up the deep and sealed it with thy terrible and glorious name; whom all things fear, and tremble before thy power;

Verse

for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and the wrath of thy threatening is unendurable to sinners; but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; for thou art the Lord Most High, of great compassion, long-suffering and abundant in mercy, and repentest of the evils of men.

Chorus

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 unto sinners, that they may be saved.

Verse

Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me, who am a sinner. 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.

Bridge

I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have I any release; for I have provoked thy wrath, and done evil before thee: I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences.

Chorus

Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: wherefore, 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 to the lower parts of the earth.

Outro

For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent; and in me wilt thou show all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. Therefore I will praise thee for ever, all the days of my life: for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.