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He will be like a tree planted by the water, that sends out its roots by the river. It will not be afraid when the heat comes but its leaves will be green. It will not be troubled in a dry year, or stop giving fruit.

“The heart is fooled more than anything else, and is very sinful. Who can know how bad it is? 10 I the Lord look into the heart, and test the mind. I give to each man what he should have because of his ways and because of the fruit that comes from his works.

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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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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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