4 You will relinquish your hold on your heritagewhich I have given you.I will enslave you to your enemiesin a land you do not know:For a fire has broken out from my anger,burning forever.
5 Thus says the Lord:Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,who makes flesh his strength,whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 He is like a barren bush in the wastelandthat enjoys no change of season,But stands in lava beds in the wilderness,a land, salty and uninhabited.
7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord;the Lord will be their trust.
8 They are like a tree planted beside the watersthat stretches out its roots to the stream:It does not fear heat when it comes,its leaves stay green;In the year of drought it shows no distress,but still produces fruit.
9 More tortuous than anything is the human heart,beyond remedy; who can understand it?
10 I, the Lord, explore the mindand test the heart,Giving to all according to their ways,according to the fruit of their deeds.