Holy Scripture

Prayer of Manasseh 1:11

Source: Septuagint

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11And now I bend the knee of my heart, beseeching thy goodness:

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9for I have sinned above the number of the sand of the sea. My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord, they are multiplied, and I am not worthy to look at or see the height of heaven, for the multitude of my iniquities,

10being bowed down by many iron bonds, so that I cannot uplift my head, and there is no release for me, because I have provoked thy anger, and have done evil before thee, not doing thy will, nor keeping thy commandments, but setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.

Prayer of Manasseh 1:11

12I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge my transgressions:

13but I pray and beseech thee, release me, Lord, release me, and destroy me not with my transgressions; keep not evils for me in anger forever, nor condemn me to the lowest parts of the earth: because thou art God, the God of the repenting;

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