Prayer of Manasseh 1:3LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 3 of 15

"that hast bound the sea with the word of thy commandment; that hast closed the abyss and sealed it with thy fearful and glorious name;"
Prayer of Manasseh 1:3

In context

1O Lord Almighty, the God of our fathers Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous seed;

2that hast made the heaven and the earth with all their adornment;

3that hast bound the sea with the word of thy commandment; that hast closed the abyss and sealed it with thy fearful and glorious name;

4whom all things revere and tremble before the face of thy power,

5because the magnificence of thy glory is unendurable and irresistible the wrath of thy threatening against sinners:

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