1. Lord, Father, and master of my life,don’t abandon me to their will,and don’t let me fall because of them.
2. Who will station whipsto keep my thoughts in lineand set the discipline of wisdomover my heart,so that I might not be spared my faultsdue to ignoranceand my sins not go unnoticed?
3. Otherwise, my acts of ignorancemight multiply,and my sins might increase,and I’ll fall before my adversaries,and my enemy will rejoice over me.
4. Lord, Father, God of my life,don’t let me have prideful eyes;
5. turn desire away from me.
6. Don’t allow gluttony or sexual desireto overtake me,and don’t hand me overto a shameless spirit.
7. Listen, my children, to instructionabout your mouth;whoever follows my instructionwill never succumb to it.
8. The lips of sinners will seize themand make abusersand the arrogant stumble.