The One Who Trusts in Humankind Contrasted With the One Who Trusts in Yahweh

5 Thus says Yahweh,

• “Cursed is the person who trusts in humankind
  • and makes flesh his strength ,[fn]
  • and turns aside his heart from Yahweh.
  • 6 And he will be like a juniper in the wilderness,[fn] and he will not see when good comes,
• and he will dwell in the parched places in the desert,[fn]
  • in a land of salt flats,[fn] where no one lives.
  • 7 Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh, and Yahweh is his trust.
  • 8 For he will be like a tree planted by water, and to the stream it sends its roots,
• and it will not fear when heat comes,
  • and its leaves[fn] will be luxuriant,
• and in the year of drought it will not be anxious,
  • and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.
  • 9 The heart is deceitful more than anything else, and it is disastrous. Who can understand it?
  • 10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind ,[fn] I test the heart ,[fn]
• and give to each one according to his way,
  • according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • 11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is one who amasses wealth without justice.
• In the middle of his days it will leave him,
  • and at his end he will prove to be a fool.”