Refrain:
All Full of compassion and mercy and love
is God, the Most High, the Almighty.
1 Lord almighty and God of our ancestors, ♦
you who made heaven and earth in all their glory:
2 All things tremble with awe at your presence, ♦
before your great and mighty power.
3 Immeasurable and unsearchable is your promised mercy, ♦
for you are God, Most High.
4 You are full of compassion, long-suffering and very merciful, ♦
and you relent at human suffering.
5 O God, according to your great goodness, ♦
you have promised forgiveness for repentance
to those who have sinned against you.
6 The sins I have committed against you ♦
are more in number than the sands of the sea.
7 I am not worthy to look up to the height of heaven, ♦
because of the multitude of my iniquities.
8 And now I bend the knee of my heart before you, ♦
imploring your kindness upon me.
9 I have sinned, O God, I have sinned, ♦
and I acknowledge my transgressions.
10 Unworthy as I am, you will save me, ♦
according to your great mercy.
11 For all the host of heaven sings your praise, ♦
and your glory is for ever and ever.
Manasseh 1a,2,4,6,7a,b,9a,c,11,12,14b,15b
All Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
All Full of compassion and mercy and love
is God, the Most High, the Almighty.
¶ New Testament Canticles ↑
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