²⁴ “If I have put my trust in gold^(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’^(B)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,^(C)
    the fortune my hands had gained,^(D)
26 if I have regarded the sun^(E) in its radiance
    or the moon^(F) moving in splendor,
²⁷ so that my heart was secretly enticed^(G)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,^(H)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,^(I)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.^(J)

⁶ those who trust in their wealth^(A)
    and boast^(B) of their great riches?^(C)

⁷ “Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold^(A)
but trusted in his great wealth^(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

¹² The righteous will flourish^(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;^(B)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.^(C)
14 They will still bear fruit^(D) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,

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)