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23 O Lord, Father and Ruler of my life,
    do not abandon me to their counsel,
    and let me not fall because of them!
O that whips were set over my thoughts,
    and the discipline of wisdom over my mind![a]
That they may not spare me in my errors,
    and that it may not pass by my[b] sins;

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  1. Sirach 23:2 Or Who will set whips . . . my mind?
  2. Sirach 23:2 Gk their

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