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)

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  1. 1:3 Or beside irrigation channels

That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

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The person who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.(A)

He will be like a tree planted by water:(B)
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

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“But blessed(A) is the one who trusts(B) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(E)

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