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Sirach 23:1-2 Common English Bible (CEB)

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?

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