Sirach 22:27-23:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A Prayer for Help against Sinning
27 Who will set a guard over my mouth
and an effective seal upon my lips,
so that I may not fall because of them
and my tongue may not destroy me?(A)
23 O Lord, Father and Master of my life,
do not abandon me to their designs,
and do not let me fall among them!(B)
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[a] sins?(C)
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.[b](D)
4 O Lord, Father and God of my life,
do not give me haughty eyes,(E)
5 and remove desire from me.
6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me,
and do not give me over to shameless passion.(F)
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