Verse 9
Prayer of Manasseh 1:9
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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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 (Elohim) 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:
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים יֵֽאָמֵן֙ דְּבָ֣רְ/ךָ֔ עִ֖ם דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑/י כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ הִמְלַכְתַּ֔/נִי עַל עַ֕ם רַ֖ב כַּ/עֲפַ֥ר הָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
Now, O Lord God, let Your word be confirmed with David my father, for You have made me king over a great people like the dust of the earth.
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who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by t...
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whom all things fear, yea, tremble before thy power;
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for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and the anger of thy threatening toward sinners is imp...
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thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
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for thou art the Lord Most High, of great compassion, longsuffering and abundant in mercy, and repen...
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for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord...
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I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head by reason of my sins, neither...
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Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace.
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I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities:
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but, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities....
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