⁹ the scent of water makes it thrive
and produce twigs like a sapling.^(A)

³ He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams^[a]
that bears its fruit in its season,^(A)
and its leaf does not wither.^(B)
Whatever he does prospers.^(C)

⁷ It was beautiful in its size,
in the length of its limbs,
for its roots extended to abundant water.