Oração de Manassés 1
1O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed;
2who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof;
3who 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;
4whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power;
5for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable:
6but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
7for 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.
8Thou 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:
9for 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.
10I 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.
11Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace.
12I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities:
13wherefore, 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;
14and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy.
15Therefore 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.
16Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.
17Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
18And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face.
19Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
20Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed;
21And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
22And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.
23And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
24So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits.
25And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found about the furnace.
26But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven;
27And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
28Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,
29Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
30And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
31Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
32Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
33Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
34Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above all to be praised and glorified for ever.
35O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
36O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
37O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
38O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
39O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
40O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
41O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
42O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
43O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
44O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
45O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
46O ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
47O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: bless and exalt him above all for ever.
48O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
49O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
50O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
51O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
52O let the earth bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
53O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
54O all ye things that grow in the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
55O ye mountains, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all for ever.
56O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
57O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
58O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
59O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
60O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
61O Israel, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
62O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
63O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
64O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
65O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
66O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever: for he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.
67O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious: for his mercy endureth for ever.
68O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks: for his mercy endureth for ever.