The waters(A) nourished it,
    deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
    all around its base
and sent their channels
    to all the trees of the field.(B)
So it towered higher(C)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.(D)
All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(E) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(F)

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