12 (A)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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12 The righteous will flourish(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(B)

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He is like (A)a tree
    planted by (B)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its (C)leaf does not wither.
(D)In all that he does, he prospers.

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That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

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(A)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

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They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(C)

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16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    (A)the cedars of Lebanon (B)that he planted.

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16 The trees of the Lord(A) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon(B) that he planted.

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But I am like (A)a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.

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But I am like an olive tree(A)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust(B) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.

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(A)I will be like the dew to Israel;
    (B)he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees (C)of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (D)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.

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I will be like the dew(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(C)
    he will send down his roots;(D)
    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(E)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(F)

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Like palm groves[a] that stretch afar,
    like gardens beside a river,
(A)like aloes (B)that the Lord has planted,
    like cedar trees beside the waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:6 Or valleys

“Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,(A)
like aloes(B) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.(C)

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In his days may (A)the righteous flourish,
    and (B)peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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In his days may the righteous flourish(A)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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“Yet (A)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
    (B)whose height was like the height of the cedars
    and who was as strong as the oaks;
(C)I destroyed his fruit above
    and his roots beneath.

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“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(A) before them,
    though they were tall(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(D) below.

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22 (A)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
(B)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy[a] the work of their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out

22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(A)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(B)
    so will be the days(C) of my people;
my chosen(D) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
    an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers(A) the myrtle(B) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(C)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

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29 Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.

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29 On the walls(A) all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim,(B) palm trees and open flowers.

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that though (A)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all (B)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;

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that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.(A)

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