Teach me to watch over all my ways...

Come, O children, listen to me;

    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

 What man is there who desires life

    and loves many days, that he may see good?

 Keep your tongue from evil

    and your lips from speaking deceit.

 Turn away from evil and do good;

    seek peace and pursue it.

       -Psalm 34:11-14

Teach me to watch over all my ways, that I may never be surprised by sudden temptations or a careless spirit, nor ever return to folly and vanity. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips, that I offend not in my tongue, neither against piety nor charity. Teach me to think of nothing but Thee, and what is in order to Thy glory and service; to speak nothing but Thee and Thy glories; and to do nothing but what becomes Thy servant, whom Thy infinite mercy by the graces of Thy Holy Spirit hath sealed up to the day of redemption.

-Jeremy Taylor