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

⁸ 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)

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

⁶ “Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(A)
like aloes^(B) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(C)

⁸ 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.

⁵ 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)
6     his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,^(E)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.^(F)

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.”

⁷ In his days may the righteous flourish^(A)
    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.