O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have put our trust in thee. Be not exceedingly wroth against us, neither remember our transgressions; but, as being loving-kind, look now upon us, and deliver us from our enemies; for thou art our God, and we are thy people, we are all the work of thy hand, and we call upon thy name. _Both now._ Open unto us the gates of loving-kindness, O blessed God-bearing one, that we perish not who put our trust in thee, but through thee may we be delivered from calamities; for thou art the salvation of the christian race. _Then_, Lord have mercy, _xl_. _The priest saith_, Let us pray to the Lord. _And this prayer._ O God, our Saviour, who, by thy prophet Nathan, didst grant remission of his sins to the repentant David, and didst accept the penitent prayer of Manasse; do thou thyself, in thy wonted love to man, accept this thy servant, _name_, who lamenteth because of those iniquities which he hath wrought, overlooking all that he hath done, forgiving his unrighteousness, and passing-by his transgressions. For thou, O Lord, hast said that pleasure thou hast not in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should return and live; and that sins shall be forgiven until seventy times seven. For as thy greatness is incomparable, so is thy mercy immeasurable. For if thou shouldest mark transgressions, who should stand? For thou art the God of the penitent, and to thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. Let us pray to the Lord. _And another prayer._