4. And you, even yourself,Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;And I will cause you to serve your enemiesIn the land which you do not know;For you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”
5. Thus says the Lord:“Cursed is the man who trusts in manAnd makes flesh his strength,Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6. For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,And shall not see when good comes,But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,And whose hope is the Lord.
8. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,Which spreads out its roots by the river,And will not fear when heat comes;But its leaf will be green,And will not be anxious in the year of drought,Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9. “The heart is deceitful above all things,And desperately wicked;Who can know it?
10. I, the Lord, search the heart,I test the mind,Even to give every man according to his ways,According to the fruit of his doings.
11. “As a partridge that broods but does not hatch,So is he who gets riches, but not by right;It will leave him in the midst of his days,And at his end he will be a fool.”
12. A glorious high throne from the beginningIs the place of our sanctuary.