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.
9 Don’t let your mouthget used to making solemn pledges,and don’t get accustomedto saying the name of the holy one.
10 Just as a household slavewho is constantly examinedwon’t be lacking bruises,so also the person who always swearsand speaks the Lord’s namewill never be cleansed from sin.