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Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.
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For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
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"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.
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For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
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"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
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I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
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"As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool."
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A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
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O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord, The fountain of living waters."
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Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.
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Indeed they say to me, "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!"