⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.

⁵ Commit everything you do to the Lord.
    Trust him, and he will help you.

⁷ “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
    and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
⁸ They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
    with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
    or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
    and they never stop producing fruit.

²⁶ Those who trust their own insight are foolish,
    but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.

³ Trust in the Lord and do good.
    Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

⁸ O my people, trust in him at all times.
    Pour out your heart to him,
    for God is our refuge. Interlude

³ You will keep in perfect peace
    all who trust in you,
    all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
⁴ Trust in the Lord always,
    for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.

⁷ Be still in the presence of the Lord,
    and wait patiently for him to act.
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
    or fret about their wicked schemes.

³ Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
    there is no help for you there.
⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
    and all their plans die with them.
⁵ But joyful are those who have the God of Israel^[a] as their helper,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.