Prayer of Manasseh 1:4

²that hast made the heaven and the earth with all their adornment;

³that hast bound the sea with the word of thy commandment; that hast closed the abyss and sealed it with thy fearful and glorious name;

— Prayer of Manasseh 1:4 —

⁵because the magnificence of thy glory is unendurable and irresistible the wrath of thy threatening against sinners:

⁶the mercy of thy promise is both immeasurable and inscrutable;