- He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
- it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
- But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'
- Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
- "Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
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- "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
- "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
- "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
- "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
- "Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
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