⁸ They will be like trees that grow beside a river.
    Their roots reach into the water.
When the sun is hot, they are not afraid.
    Their leaves continue to be green.
They give fruit each year,
    even when there is no rain.
⁹ A person's own mind deceives him,
    more than anything else does.
Nobody can change it to be better.
    Nobody completely understands it.
¹⁰ But I, the Lord, look inside a person's mind.
    I see what he thinks and what he feels.
I see how everyone lives,
    and I see the things that they do.
I give to each one what he deserves.