5 Thus says Yahweh,
“aCursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes bflesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.
6 And he will be like a ajuniper in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will dwell in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A bland of salt which is not inhabited.
7 aBlessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh
And whose btrust is Yahweh.
8 And he will be like a atree planted by the water,
That sends forth its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of bdrought
Nor refrain from yielding fruit.
9 “The aheart is more bdeceitful than all else
And is desperately csick;
Who can know it?