5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who
depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the
LORD. 6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity
when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land
where no one lives. 7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose
confidence is in him. 8 He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends
out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are
always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear
fruit.” This is the Word of our God.