16. He is a well-watered plant in the sun,its shoots spread over its garden.
17. It wraps its roots around a heap of stonesand it looks for a place among stones.
18. If he is uprooted from his place,then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’
19. Indeed, this is the joy of his way,and out of the earth others spring up.
20. “Surely, God does not reject a blameless man,nor does he grasp the handof the evildoers.
21. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,and your lips with gladness.
22. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”