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Otherwise, my acts of ignorance
might multiply,
    and my sins might increase,
    and I’ll fall before my adversaries,
    and my enemy will rejoice over me.[a]
Lord, Father, God of my life,
    don’t let me have prideful eyes;
    turn desire away from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 23:3 LXXb adds The hope of your mercy is far from them.

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