Prayer of Manasseh 1 comparison

O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;

O Lord Almighty, the God of our fathers Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous seed;

who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof;

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

who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name;

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

whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power;

whom all things revere and tremble before the face of thy power,

for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable:

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

but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;

the mercy of thy promise is both immeasurable and inscrutable;

for thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men. 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.

for thou art the Lord most high, compassionate, longsuffering, and most merciful, repenting of the evils of men. Thou, Lord, according to the abundance of thy goodness, hast proclaimed repentance and forgiveness to those that have sinned against thee, and in the multitude of thy kindnesses thou hast decreed for sinners repentance unto salvation.

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

Surely thou, O Lord, the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance for the just, for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob who have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance for me a sinner:

for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, are multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities.

for 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,

I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have 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.

being 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 offences.

Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace.

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

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities:

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

wherefore, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquites. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me to the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent;

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

and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.

and in me thou wilt shew all thy benevolence, for that me unworthy thou wilt save, 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.

and I will praise thee continually all the days of my life: for all the host of the heavens sings to thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.