I am always and forever yours, O God.

If you cast me out, who will take me in?

If you disregard me, who will consider me?

You forgive more sin that I can commit;

   you have more mercy that I have offenses.

Do not let harmful pleasures overcome me;

   at least do not let any perverse habit overwhelm me.

From evil and harmful desires;

   from vain, cruel, and impure imaginations;

   from the illusions of the devil

   and from dangers to my soul and body;

Good Lord, deliver me. Amen.

Lancelot Andrewes, 1555 – 1626, English bishop, oversaw the KJV translation

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