8 He is like a tree growing near a streamand sending out roots to the water.It is not afraid when hot weather comes,because its leaves stay green;it has no worries when there is no rain;it keeps on bearing fruit.
9 “Who can understand the human heart?There is nothing else so deceitful;it is too sick to be healed.
10 I, the Lord, search the mindsand test the hearts of people.I treat each of them according to the way they live,according to what they do.”
11 The person who gets money dishonestlyis like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay.In the prime of life he will lose his riches,and in the end he is nothing but a fool.
12 Our Temple is like a glorious throne,standing on a high mountain from the beginning.
13 Lord, you are Israel's hope;all who abandon you will be put to shame.They will disappear like names written in the dust,because they have abandoned you, the Lord,the spring of fresh water.
14 Lord, heal me and I will be completely well; rescue me and I will be perfectly safe. You are the one I praise!