²⁸ Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

⁸ And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

¹⁷ Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

³ And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

¹² The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

¹³ Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.

¹⁴ Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'

²⁵ If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

¹² lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

¹³ and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

¹⁴ `And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

²⁵ It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'

²¹ And thy people `are' all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

⁷ `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

⁸ And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,