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Later text
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Earlier text
Psalm 1:3BSB
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 and Psalm 1:3 share the image of a fruitful, well-watered tree as a metaphor for the blessed person, using closely parallel Hebrew vocabulary. Both describe a tree "planted by waters/streams" (שָׁתוּל עַל־מַיִם / פַּלְגֵי מָיִם, shatul al-mayim / palgei mayim) with leaves that do not wither and consistent fruit production. The psalm grounds this blessing in Torah meditation ("on His law he meditates day and night"), while Jeremiah grounds it in trust in Yahweh ("whose confidence is in Him"), showing two complementary facets of the same covenantal relationship. Jeremiah's version expands the image by adding resilience against heat and drought — "it does not fear when the heat comes" — intensifying the tree's stability against adversity, fitting Jeremiah's context of imminent national crisis.