Good News Translation (US Version)

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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        <span class="ref" data-usfm="2CH.33.11+2CH.33.12+2CH.33.13">2 Ch 33.11-13</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="2CH.33.18">18</span>,<span class="ref" data-usfm="2CH.33.19">19</span>  </span></span><span class="content"> Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAN.1.1"><span class="content">God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAN.1.1"><span class="content">God of their righteous descendants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAN.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you created the universe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAN.1.2"><span class="content">and all the splendor that fills it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The sea obeys your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAN.1.3"><span class="content">and never overflows its bounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAN.1.3"><span class="content">The power of your wonderful, glorious name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAN.1.3"><span class="content">keeps the ocean depths in their place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAN.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When you show your power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAN.1.4"><span class="content">all creation trembles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAN.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your glorious splendor is overwhelming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAN.1.5"><span class="content">and your anger is more than sinners can endure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the mercy you promise is also greater</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAN.1.6"><span class="content">than we can understand or measure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAN.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For you are the Lord Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">you are patient and show mercy and compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">You make our punishment easier to bear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">when we suffer for our sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">O Lord, in your great goodness and mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">you promise forgiveness and salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">to those who repent of their sin against you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1.7: </span><span class="fk">O Lord &#8230; against you; </span><span class="ft">some manuscripts do not have these words.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAN.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You, Lord, are the God of righteous people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">Repentance was not necessary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">for they did not sin against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">But for sinners like me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">you have made repentance possible.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    
        <span class="ref" data-usfm="2KI.21.1+2KI.21.2+2KI.21.3+2KI.21.4+2KI.21.5+2KI.21.6+2KI.21.7+2KI.21.8+2KI.21.9+2KI.21.10+2KI.21.11+2KI.21.12+2KI.21.13+2KI.21.14+2KI.21.15+2KI.21.16+2KI.21.17+2KI.21.18">2 K 21.1-18</span>
        </span></span><span class="content"> I have committed more sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="content">than there are grains of sand along the seashore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="content">They are so many, Lord, they are so many.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="content">I have done so much that is wrong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="content">that I am not worthy to turn my face toward heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAN.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am crushed beneath the weight of my sin;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1.10: </span><span class="fq">crushed &#8230; my sin; </span><span class="ft">Greek unclear.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">I am bowed down by its heavy iron chain.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">I can find no relief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">for I have made you angry.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">I have set up idols everywhere;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">I have done what you hate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now I bow in deep humility,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAN.1.11"><span class="content">praying for your mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAN.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAN.1.12"><span class="content">I confess the wicked things I have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAN.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I beg you, Lord, I earnestly pray:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">forgive me, forgive me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">Do not destroy me because of my sins;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">do not stay angry with me forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">or store up punishment for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">Do not condemn me to the world of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">for you, O Lord, forgive those who repent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Show me all your mercy and kindness and save me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAN.1.14"><span class="content">even though I do not deserve it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I will go on praising you as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAN.1.15"><span class="content">All the heavenly powers sing your praises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAN.1.15"><span class="content">and your glory endures forever. Amen.</span></span></div>
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Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors,
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
God of their righteous descendants,
you created the universe
and all the splendor that fills it.
The sea obeys your command
and never overflows its bounds.
The power of your wonderful, glorious name
keeps the ocean depths in their place.
When you show your power,
all creation trembles.
Your glorious splendor is overwhelming,
and your anger is more than sinners can endure.
But the mercy you promise is also greater
than we can understand or measure.
For you are the Lord Most High;
you are patient and show mercy and compassion.
You make our punishment easier to bear
when we suffer for our sins.
O Lord, in your great goodness and mercy
you promise forgiveness and salvation
to those who repent of their sin against you.
You, Lord, are the God of righteous people.
Repentance was not necessary
for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
for they did not sin against you.
But for sinners like me
you have made repentance possible.
I have committed more sins
than there are grains of sand along the seashore.
They are so many, Lord, they are so many.
I have done so much that is wrong
that I am not worthy to turn my face toward heaven.
I am crushed beneath the weight of my sin;
I am bowed down by its heavy iron chain.
I can find no relief,
for I have made you angry.
I have set up idols everywhere;
I have done what you hate.
But now I bow in deep humility,
praying for your mercy.
I have sinned, Lord, I have sinned;
I confess the wicked things I have done.
I beg you, Lord, I earnestly pray:
forgive me, forgive me.
Do not destroy me because of my sins;
do not stay angry with me forever
or store up punishment for me.
Do not condemn me to the world of the dead,
for you, O Lord, forgive those who repent.
Show me all your mercy and kindness and save me,
even though I do not deserve it.
Then I will go on praising you as long as I live.
All the heavenly powers sing your praises,
and your glory endures forever. Amen.

Lalela The Prayer of Manasseh 1