Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus says the Lord,

“^aCursed is the man who trusts in mankind

And makes ^bflesh his ¹strength,

And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

⁶“For he will be like a ^abush in the desert

And will not see when prosperity comes,

But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,

A ^bland of salt ¹without inhabitant.

⁷“^aBlessed is the man who trusts in the Lord

And whose ^btrust is the Lord.

⁸“For he will be like a ^atree planted by the water,

That extends its roots by a stream

And will not fear when the heat comes;

But its leaves will be green,

And it will not be anxious in a year of ^bdrought

Nor cease to yield fruit.

⁹“The ^aheart is more ^bdeceitful than all else

And is desperately ^csick;

Who can understand it?

¹⁰“I, the Lord, ^asearch the heart,

I test the ¹mind,

Even ^bto give to each man according to his ways,

According to the ²results of his deeds.

¹¹“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,

So is he who ^amakes a fortune, but unjustly;

In the midst of his days it will forsake him,

And in ¹the end he will be a ^bfool.”

^12aA glorious throne on high from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.

¹³O Lord, the ^ahope of Israel,

All who ^bforsake You will be put to shame.

Those who turn ¹away on earth will be ^cwritten down,

Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

^14aHeal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;

^bSave me and I will be saved,

For You are my ^cpraise.

¹⁵Look, they keep ^asaying to me,

“Where is the word of the Lord?

Let it come now!”