5 Thus says the Lord:
^a“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes ^bflesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord. ‡

6 For he shall be ^alike a shrub in the desert,
And ^bshall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
^cIn a salt land which is not inhabited. ‡

8 For he shall be ^alike a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not¹ fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit. ‡

9 “The ^aheart is deceitful above all things,
And¹ desperately wicked;
Who can know it? ‡