6. He will be like a juniper in the Arabah; he cannot see when good comesbut dwells in the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land where no one lives.
7. The man who trusts in the Lord,whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.
8. He will be like a tree planted by water: it sends its roots out toward a stream,it doesn’t fear when heat comes,and its foliage remains green.It will not worry in a year of droughtor cease producing fruit.
9. The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?
10. I, Yahweh, examine the mind,I test the heart to give to each according to his way,according to what his actions deserve.
11. He who makes a fortune unjustlyis like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.In the middle of his dayshis riches will abandon him,so in the end he will be a fool.
12. A throne of glory on high from the beginningis the place of our sanctuary.