A Supplication of some of the Salaf – Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullah)
Some of the pious predecessors used to supplicate:
اللهم اعزني بطاعتك ولا تذلني بمعصيتك
O Allaah! Grant me honour through obedience to you and do not humiliate me through disobedience to you.
Badaa’i At-Tafseer Al-Jaami Limaa Fassarahu Al-Imaam Ibnul Qayyim Vol 2. pgs. 347
Further reading:
disobedience, dua, honour, obedience, sin, supplication, worship