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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_E._Brown Raymond E. Brown] writes: "The piety is that of late Judaism, and the deuterocanonical prayer of Azariah (Dn 3:24-90) offers some interesting parallels. The Prayer of Manasseh was originally composed in Greek by a Jew in the 1st or 2nd cent. AD. It was promptly translated from Greek into Syriac, and thus our earliest extant form of the Prayer is in a 3rd-cent. Christian Syr work, the Didascalia. Although the prayer did not appear in early Vg mss., it is found in medieval mss. The Sixto-Clementine Vg printed it as a supplement (after Trent failed to list it as canonical). Protestants count it as one of 'the Apocrypha.'" (The Jerome Biblical Commentary, vol. 1, p. 541)

[2] thou who hast made heaven and earth

 

with all their order;

 

[3] who hast shackled the sea by thy word of command,

who hast confined the deep

 

and sealed it with thy terrible and glorious name;

[4] at whom all things shudder,

 

and tremble before thy power,

[2] thou who hast made [[heaven]] and [[earth]] with all their [[order]];

[5] for thy glorious splendor cannot be borne,

 

and the wrath of thy threat to sinners is irresistible;

[3] who hast shackled the sea by thy [[word]] of command, who hast confined the deep and sealed it with thy terrible and [[glorious]] name;

[6] yet immeasurable and unsearchable is thy promised mercy,

 

[7] for thou art the Lord Most High,

[4] at whom all [[things]] shudder, and tremble before thy [[power]],

of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful,

 

and repentest over the evils of men.

[5] for thy glorious splendor cannot be borne, and the wrath of thy threat to sinners is irresistible;

Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness

 

hast promised repentance and forgiveness

[6] yet immeasurable and unsearchable is thy promised [[mercy]],

to those who have sinned against thee;

 

and in the multitude of thy mercies

[7] for thou art the Lord [[Most High]], of great [[compassion]], long-suffering, and very [[merciful]], and repentest over the evils of men. 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 for sinners, that they may be [[salvation|saved]].

thou hast appointed repentance for sinners,

 

that they may be saved.

[8] Therefore thou, O Lord, God of the righteous, hast not appointed repentance for the righteous, for [[Abraham]] and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against thee, but thou hast appointed repentance for me, who am a sinner.

[8] Therefore thou, O Lord, God of the righteous,

 

hast not appointed repentance for the righteous,

[9] For the sins I have committed are more in number than the sand of the sea; my transgressions are multiplied, O Lord, they are multiplied! I am unworthy to look up and see the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquities.

for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against thee,

 

but thou hast appointed repentance for me, who am a sinner.

[10] I am weighted down with many an iron fetter, so that I am rejected because of my sins, and I have no relief; for I have provoked thy wrath and have done what is [[evil]] in thy [[vision|sight]], setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.

[9] For the sins I have committed are more in number

 

than the sand of the sea;

[11] And now I bend the knee of my [[heart]], beseeching thee for thy kindness.

my transgressions are multiplied, O Lord, they are multiplied!

 

I am unworthy to look up and see the height of heaven

[12] I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I know my transgressions.

because of the multitude of my iniquities.

 

[10] I am weighted down with many an iron fetter,

[13] I earnestly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me! Do not destroy me with my transgressions! Do not be angry with me for ever or lay up [[evil]] for me; do not condemn me to the depths of the earth. For thou, O Lord, art the God of those who repent,

so that I am rejected because of my sins,

 

and I have no relief;

[14] and in me thou wilt manifest thy [[goodness]]; for, unworthy as I am, thou wilt save me in thy great mercy,

for I have provoked thy wrath

 

and have done what is evil in thy sight,

[15] and I will praise thee continually all the days of my life. For all the [[Seraphim|host of heaven]] sings thy praise, and thine is the [[glory]] for ever. [[Amen]].

setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.

[11] And now I bend the knee of my heart,

beseeching thee for thy kindness.

[12] I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,

and I know my transgressions.

[13] I earnestly beseech thee,

forgive me, O Lord, forgive me!

Do not destroy me with my transgressions!

Do not be angry with me for ever or lay up evil for me;

do not condemn me to the depths of the earth.

For thou, O Lord, art the God of those who repent,

[14] and in me thou wilt manifest thy goodness;

for, unworthy as I am, thou wilt save me in thy great mercy,

[15] and I will praise thee continually all the days of my life.

For all the host of heaven sings thy praise,

and thine is the glory for ever. Amen.

[[Category: Apocrypha]]

[[Category: Apocrypha]]