8. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,and that spreads out its roots by the river,and shall not fear when heat comes,but its leaf shall be green,and it shall not be anxious in the year of drought,neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9. The heart is more deceitful than all thingsand desperately wicked;who can understand it?
10. I, the Lord, search the heart,I test the mind,even to give to every man according to his ways,and according to the fruit of his deeds.
11. As the partridge sits on eggs which it has not laid,so is he who gets riches, but not justly;it will forsake him in the midst of his days,and in the end he will be a fool.
12. A glorious high throne from the beginningis the place of our sanctuary.
13. O Lord, the Hope of Israel,all who forsake You will be ashamed.“Those who depart from Me in the earth will be written down,because they have forsaken the Lord,the fountain of living waters.”
14. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;save me, and I will be saved,for You are my praise.
15. See how they say to me,“Where is the word of the Lord?Let it come now!”