⁹ You cleared the ground for it,
    and it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ Its branches reached as far as the Sea,^[a]
    its shoots as far as the River.^[b](A)

⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(A)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(B)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(C)