52 The Song of Manasseh

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.

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