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They will be like a bush that grows in the desert.
    It grows in a place where nobody can live.
    The ground is very dry and is spoiled by salt.
Even when good times come,
    those people will not receive any good thing.

The Lord blesses people who trust in him.
    They know that the Lord will help them.
They will be like trees that grow beside a river.
    Their roots reach into the water.
When the sun is hot, they are not afraid.
    Their leaves continue to be green.
They give fruit each year,
    even when there is no rain.

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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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