Asenath's Prayer
1 The prayer and confession of Asenath:
2 “Lord God of the righteous, who createdst the ages and givest life to all things,
3 who liftedst up the heaven and foundedst the earth upon the waters,
4 Lord my God, from henceforth, to thee will I cry, Lord,
5 Spare me, Lord, spare, for that I committed many sins against thee,
6 I sinned, Lord, I sinned in thy sight, both in knowledge and in ignorance
7 I the miserable Asenath daughter of Pentephres the priest, the virgin and queen,
8 Deliver me from them that pursue me, Master, before I be taken by them;
9 For lo ! the ancient and savage and cruel lion pursueth me,
10 But thou, Lord, deliver me from his hands,
11 Deliver me, Lord, before all these things come upon me;
12 Lord, nor another refuge save thy mercy, thou friend of men,