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? ‡

11 “As a partridge that¹ broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It ^awill leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be ^ba fool.” ‡

12 A glorious high throne from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.