8. And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.
9. The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
10. I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
11. As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
12. A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:
13. O Lord the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.
14. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise.
15. Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.
16. And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.
17. Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.
18. Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.
19. Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem: