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)

¹¹ The Lord will guide^(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(B) in a sun-scorched land^(C)
    and will strengthen^(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(E)
    like a spring^(F) whose waters never fail.

⁴ The waters^(A) nourished it,
    deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
    all around its base
and sent their channels
    to all the trees of the field.^(B)
5 So it towered higher^(C)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.^(D)
6 All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth^(E) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.^(F)
7 It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.^(G)
8 The cedars^(H) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees^(I)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.^(J)
9 I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden^(K)
    in the garden of God.^(L)

¹⁰ You have exalted my horn^[a](A) like that of a wild ox;^(B)
    fine oils^(C) have been poured on me.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.^(D)

¹² The righteous will flourish^(E) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(F)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(G)
14 They will still bear fruit^(H) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
¹⁵ proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.^(I)”

¹⁶ They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots^(A) over the garden;^(B)

² “Judah mourns,^(B)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
³ The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.^(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.^(D)
4 The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;^(E)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
⁵ Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.^(F)
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights^(G)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”^(H)