8. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
10. “I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
11. As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the middle of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
12. A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13. Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
14. Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
15. Behold, they tell me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”
16. As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
17. Don’t be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.