⁶ “Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(A)
like aloes^(B) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(C)

⁸ But I am like an olive tree^(A)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust^(B) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.

⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(C)

⁵ I will be like the dew^(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(C)
    he will send down his roots;^(D)

⁶     his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,^(A)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.^(B)