THE PRAYER ON MANASSES

Also known as the Prayer of Manasseh is a 15-verse prayer attributed to King Manasseh of Judah. Another work by the same title was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Chapter Synopsis:

1. Manasses’ prayer is one of gratitude for the opportunity given to us to repent and change our ways. We’re minded we must “fear, and tremble before” God. The king exclaims that his sins are many, as it were “the number of the sands of the sea,” and “my transgressions are multiplied.” His burden is heavy, and he pleads for grace.

Manasses 1:4

whom all men fear, and tremble before they power; for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable:

Mosiah 15:26

But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemth none such that rebel against him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.

Manasses 1:8

for 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.

Mormon 1:7

The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand[s] of the sea.

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Matching text:

“my transgressions are”

Manasses

1:8

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:46