a redeemed people and reveal the secret of their joy. Inner righteousness is the source of their beauty and the reason for their self-esteem. But again, righteousness not of their own making. “Trees of righteousness” are “the planting of the LORD that He may be glorified” (v. 3c). True self-esteem is characterized by three fundamental facts: (1) our joy in life is the result of being redeemed by God from the inside out; (2) our beauty of character is the evidence of God’s righteousness in us; and