Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, who makes flesh his arm, whose heart departs from the Lord. He will be like a bush in the wilderness, and will see no good come to him. He will live in a parched land in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one lives. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He will be like a tree planted by the waters, that sends out its roots by the spring. It will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will remain green. It will not be anxious in the year of drought, and it will not cease to bear fruit.