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Sirach 23:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 23:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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,
Footnotes
- Sirach 23:2 Or Who will set whips . . . my mind?
- Sirach 23:2 Gk their
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