8. They will be like a tree planted by the waterthat sends out its roots by the stream.It does not fear when heat comes;its leaves are always green.It has no worries in a year of droughtand never fails to bear fruit.’
9. The heart is deceitful above all thingsand beyond cure.Who can understand it?
10. ‘I the Lord search the heartand examine the mind,to reward each person according to their conduct,according to what their deeds deserve.’
11. Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not layare those who gain riches by unjust means.When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,and in the end they will prove to be fools.
12. A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,is the place of our sanctuary.
13. Lord, you are the hope of Israel;all who forsake you will be put to shame.Those who turn away from you will be written in the dustbecause they have forsaken the Lord,the spring of living water.
14. Heal me, Lord, and I shall be healed;save me and I shall be saved,for you are the one I praise.
15. They keep saying to me,‘Where is the word of the Lord?Let it now be fulfilled!’
16. I have not run away from being your shepherd;you know I have not desired the day of despair.What passes my lips is open before you.
17. Do not be a terror to me;you are my refuge in the day of disaster.