"Lord, Father and Master of my life,
permit me not to fall by them!
Who will apply the lash to my thoughts, to my mind the rod of discipline,
that my failings may not be spared, nor the sins of my heart overlooked;
Lest my failings increase, and my sins be multiplied;
lest I succumb to my foes, and my enemy rejoice over me?
Lord, Father and Master of my life,
abandon me not into their control!
A brazen look allow me not; ward off passion from my heart,
let not the lustful cravings of the flesh master me, surrender me not to shameless desires."
- Sirach 23:1-6
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