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Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their righteous children,
you made heaven and earth with all their beauty.
You set limits for the sea by speaking your command. You closed the bottomless pit, and sealed it by your powerful and glorious name.
All things fear you and tremble in your presence,
because no one can endure the brightness of your glory. No one can resist the fury of your threat against sinners.
But your promised mercies are beyond measure and imagination,
because you are the highest, Lord, kind, patient, and merciful, and you feel sorry over human troubles. You, Lord, according to your gentle grace, promised forgiveness to those who are sorry for their sins. In your great mercy, you allowed sinners to turn from their sins and find salvation.
Therefore, Lord, God of those who do what is right, you didn’t offer Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who didn’t sin against you, a chance to change their hearts and lives. But you offer me, the sinner, the chance to change my heart and life,
because my sins outnumbered the grains of sand by the sea. My sins are many, Lord; they are many. I am not worthy to look up, to gaze into heaven because of my many sins. Now, Lord, I suffer justly. I deserve the troubles I encounter. Already I’m caught in a trap.
I’m held down by iron chains so that I can’t lift up my head because of my sins. There’s no relief for me, because I made you angry, doing wrong in front of your face, setting up false gods and committing offenses.
Now I bow down before you from deep within my heart, begging for your kindness.
I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned, and I know the laws I’ve broken.
I’m praying, begging you: Forgive me, Lord, forgive me. Don’t destroy me along with my sins. Don’t keep my bad deeds in your memory forever. Don’t sentence me to the earth’s depths, for you, Lord, are the God of those who turn from their sins.
In me you’ll show how kind you are. Although I’m not worthy, you’ll save me according to your great mercy.
I will praise you continuously all the days of my life, because all of heaven’s forces praise you, and the glory is yours forever and always. Amen.
O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous offspring;
you who made heaven and earth with all their order;
who shackled the sea by your word of command, who confined the deep and sealed it with your terrible and glorious name;
at whom all things shudder, and tremble before your power,
for your glorious splendour cannot be borne, and the wrath of your threat to sinners is unendurable;
yet immeasurable and unsearchable is your promised mercy,
for you are the Lord Most High, of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful, and you relent at human suffering. O Lord, according to your great goodness you have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you, and in the multitude of your mercies you have appointed repentance for sinners, so that they may be saved.
Therefore you, O Lord, God of the righteous, have not appointed repentance for the righteous, for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against you, but you have appointed repentance for me, who am a sinner.
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 not worthy to look up and see the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquities.
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 your wrath and have done what is evil in your sight, setting up abominations and multiplying offences.
And now I bend the knee of my heart, imploring you for your kindness.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge my transgressions.
I earnestly implore you, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me! Do not destroy me with my transgressions! Do not be angry with me for ever or store up evil for me; do not condemn me to the depths of the earth. For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent,
and in me you will manifest your goodness; for, unworthy as I am, you will save me according to your great mercy,
and I will praise you continually all the days of my life. For all the host of heaven sings your praise, and yours is the glory for ever. Amen.
O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous offspring,
you who made heaven and earth with all their order,
who shackled the sea by your word of command, who confined the deep and sealed it with your terrible and glorious name,
at whom all things shudder and tremble before your power,
for your glorious splendor cannot be borne, and the wrath of your threat to sinners is unendurable;
yet immeasurable and unsearchable is your promised mercy,
for you are the Lord Most High, of great compassion, long-suffering, and very merciful, and you relent at human suffering. O Lord, according to your great goodness you have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you, and in the multitude of your mercies you have appointed repentance for sinners, so that they may be saved.
Therefore you, O Lord, God of the righteous, have not appointed repentance for the righteous, for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who did not sin against you, but you have appointed repentance for me, who am a sinner.
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 not worthy to look up and see the height of heaven because of the multitude of my iniquities.
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 your wrath and have done what is evil in your sight, setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.
And now I bend the knee of my heart, imploring you for your kindness.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge my transgressions.
I earnestly implore you, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me! Do not destroy me with my transgressions! Do not be angry with me forever or store up evil for me; do not condemn me to the depths of the earth. For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent,
and in me you will manifest your goodness, for, unworthy as I am, you will save me according to your great mercy,
and I will praise you continually all the days of my life. For all the host of heaven sings your praise, and yours is the glory forever. Amen.
O Lord Almighty, God of our fathers, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous posterity;
thou who hast made heaven and earth with all their order;
who hast shackled the sea by thy word of command, who hast confined the deep and sealed it with thy terrible and glorious name;
at whom all things shudder, and tremble before thy power,
for thy glorious splendor cannot be borne, and the wrath of thy threat to sinners is irresistible;
yet immeasurable and unsearchable is thy promised mercy,
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 saved.
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.
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.
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 sight, setting up abominations and multiplying offenses.
And now I bend the knee of my heart, beseeching thee for thy kindness.
I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I know my transgressions.
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,
and in me thou wilt manifest thy goodness; for, unworthy as I am, thou wilt save me in thy great mercy,
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.
Lord God Almighty of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their just seed, [Lord God Almighty of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to the rightwise seed of them,]
which madest heaven and earth, with all the adorning of those, [the which madest heaven and earth with all the adorning of them,]
which hast marked the sea by the word of thy commandment, which hast (en)closed (al)together the depth, or the deepness, of (the) waters, and hast marked them to (or hast sealed them by) thy fearedful and praiseable name, [that markedest the sea with the word of thy command, that closedest the deepness, and markedest to thy fearful and praiseable name,]
which all men dread, and tremble of the cheer of thy virtue, (whom all men fear, and tremble at the face of thy power, or before thy power,) [that all inwardly dread, and tremble from thy cheer of thy virtue,]
and the wrath, or the ire, of thy menacing on sinners is unsufferable, either may not be sustained. [and unsufferable wrath upon the sinful of thy threatening.]
Soothly the mercy of thy promise is full-great and unsearchable, either may not be comprehended by man’s wit (or cannot be comprehended by one’s understanding); [Forsooth without measure great and unsearchable the mercy of thy promise;]
for thou art the Lord most high over all (the) earth; thou art patient, or long-abiding, and much merciful, and doing penance, or repenting, on the malices of men. Truly, Lord, by thy goodness thou hast promised penance of forgiveness of sins, that is, forgiving of sins for (the) repenting of men; [for thou art Lord alder-highest upon all earth, long abiding and much merciful, and repenting upon the malices of men. Thou forsooth, Lord, after thy goodness hast promised penance of remission of sins;]
and thou, Lord, that art God of just men, hast not set penance to just men, (as) to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (yea), to them that sinned not against thee, (but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner). (and thou, Lord, who art God of the just, hast not set penance for the just, for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, yea, for those who sinned not against thee, but thou hast appointed repentance unto me, who is a sinner.) [and thou, God of rightwise men, hast not put penance to the rightwise, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to them that to thee sinned not.]
For I have sinned more than the number is of the gravel of the sea; [For I have sinned over the number of gravel of the sea;]
my wickednesses be multiplied. I am bowed (down) with much bond(s) (or with many bands) of iron, and no breathing is to me; for I have stirred thy wrathfulness, and I have done evil before thee, and I have set (up) abominations, and I have multiplied offensions (or offences). [multiplied be my wickednesses. I am much crooked with much bond of iron, and there is not again-breathing to me; for I stirred thy wrath, and evil before thee I did, setting abominations and multiplying offensions.]
And now, I bow the knees of mine heart, and beseech goodness of (or from) thee, Lord. [And now I bow the knees of mine heart, praying of the goodness, Lord.]
I have sinned, Lord; I have sinned, and I acknowledge my wickedness. [I sinned, Lord, I sinned, and my wickedness I know.]
I ask, and I pray thee, Lord; forgive thou to me, forgive thou to me; lose (or destroy) thou me not (al)together with my wickednesses, neither reserve thou evils to me without end. [I ask, praying thee, Lord; forgive to me, forgive to me, not together lose thou me with my wickednesses, nor without end reserve thou evils to me.]
For, Lord, by thy great mercy thou shalt save me (who is) unworthy, and I shall praise thee (for)ever(more) in all the days of my life; for all the virtue, that is, all those orders of angels, of heavens praiseth thee (or for all the powers of the heavens praise thee), and to thee is glory into worlds of worlds. Amen. [For (though) unworthy, thou shalt save me after thy great mercy, and I shall praise thee evermore all the days of my life; for thee praiseth all the virtue of heavens, and to thee is glory into worlds of worlds. Amen.]
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