Sirach 23:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² 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;
³ in order that my mistakes may not be multiplied,
    and my sins may not abound;
then I will not fall before my adversaries,
    and my enemy will not rejoice over me.
⁴ O Lord, Father and God of my life,
    do not give me haughty eyes,