Prayer of Manasseh
Brenton Septuagint Translation
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The Prayer of Manasseh is a short appeal to the Creator for mercy. Its speaker praises God’s power and compassion, admits extensive wrongdoing, and asks for forgiveness rather than destruction. The prayer moves from shame and bondage to confidence that God can save the unworthy, ending with a promise of lifelong praise.
Prayer of Manasseh is received in Orthodox Bibles, following the Greek Septuagint, and printed in the Apocrypha of some Protestant Bibles. It is not in the Catholic or Protestant canons or the Jewish Tanakh. See it on the shelf.
