A Prayer of Confidence in God

O Master, Lord or heaven and earth,
I know that I have sinned before you,
my fearful and unapproachable God,
more than any human being,
more than even the irrational animals and reptiles,
and I am not worthy to ever receive any mercy from you.

Therefore, I would not have dared to draw near
or to fall down before you,
O King, lover of man, had I not heard your holy voice saying:
I do not at all desire the death of the sinner,
but that he may return and live.
And again: There is joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.

I remember, also, the parable of the prodigal son,
which you have said, O Master,
that when he returned, before he had drawn near to you,
you, O compassionate one,
came to him and fell upon his nec and kissed him affectionately.

Hence, taking courage from the ocean of your goodness,
I have come near to you with pain, sadness, and grief in my heart,
even though I am still hardened and wounded sorely
and lie in misery in the depths of the hades of my transgressions.

But, from now on,
I give you my word, O Lord,
that as long as you order me to remain alive and in this body,
I will not forsake you,
nor will I turn back,
neither will I ever touch vain and evil things.

But you, O my God, know my weakness,
my wretchedness, my faintheartedness,
and my old predispositions,
which are going to torture and oppress me.

Therefore, as I fall before you,
help me and forsake me not;
neither allow me to be ridiculed and mocked for long by the enemy,
for from now on I am your servant, O good one.