“O Lord!
Father!
God of my life!
Do not give me
Haughty eyes!
Remove from me
Evil desire.
Let not gluttony
Overcome me!
Let not lust
Overcome me!
Do not surrender me
To a shameless soul!”
Sirach prayed to the Lord, the Father, and God of his life once again. He did not want proud eyes. He did not want evil desires. He did not want to have gluttony or lust. He did not want to live with a shameless soul.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 