5. The Lord says,“I will condemn thosewho turn away from meand put their trust in human beings,in the strength of mortals.
6. They are like bushes in the desert,which grow in the dry wilderness,on salty ground where nothing else grows.Nothing good ever happens to them.
7. “But I will bless thosewho put their trust in me.
8. They are like trees growing near a streamand sending out roots to the water.They are not afraid when hot weather comes,because their leaves stay green;they have no worries when there is no rain;they keep on bearing fruit.
9. “Who can understand the human heart?There is nothing else so deceitful;it is too sick to be healed.