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He will be like a tree planted near water [C vital and strong]
    that sends its roots by a stream [Ps. 1:3].
It is not afraid when the ·days are hot [L heat comes];
    its leaves are always green.
It ·does not worry [is not anxious] in a year ·when no rain comes [of drought];
    it always produces fruit.

“·More than anything else [T Above all things], ·a person’s mind is evil [T the heart is deceitful; L the heart is devious/crooked]
    and ·cannot be healed [T desperately wicked; L it is perverse/sick].
    Who can ·understand [know] it?
10 But I, the Lord, ·look into a person’s [investigate/test the] heart
    and test the ·mind [L kidneys].
·So I can decide what each one deserves [L …to give to each according to his way/path];
    I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

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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)

The heart(D) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart(E)
    and examine the mind,(F)
to reward(G) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(H)

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