BEN SIRA 23; 1 O LORD, FATHER AND MASTER OF MY LIFE, DO NOT ABANDON ME TO THEIR DESIGNS, AND DO NOT LET ME FALL BECAUSE OF 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 EVIL DESIRE FROM ME. 6 LET NEITHER GLUTTONY NOR LUST OVERCOME ME, AND DO NOT GIVE ME OVER TO SHAMELESS PASSION
