Sirach 23:1–6

O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.

2 Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:

3 Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?

4 O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.

5 Give me not haughtiness of my eyes, and turn away from me all coveting.

6 Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.

Sirach 23:1–6 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

1 O Lord, Father and Master of my life,

do not abandon me to their designs,

and do not let me fall among them!

2 Who will set whips over my thoughts

and the discipline of wisdom over my mind,

so as not to spare me in my errors

and not overlook my sins?

3 Otherwise my mistakes may be multiplied,

and my sins may abound,

and I may fall before my adversaries,

and my enemy may rejoice over me.

4 O Lord, Father and God of my life,

do not give me haughty eyes,

5 and remove desire from me.

6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me,

and do not give me over to shameless passion.

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