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He will be like a bush in the desert,
    and he won’t see when good comes.
He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness,[a]
    a land of salt, without inhabitants.
Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord,
    making the Lord his trust.
He will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by a stream.
He won’t fear when the heat comes,
    and his leaves will be green.
In a year of drought he won’t be concerned,
    nor will he stop producing fruit.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:6 Or desert

That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(A) of the desert,
    in a salt(B) land where no one lives.

“But blessed(C) is the one who trusts(D) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(E)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(F)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(G)

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