Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

It wraps its roots around a heap ¹  of stones ²  and it looks ³  for a place among stones. ⁴ 

Although its roots may grow old ¹  in the ground and its stump begins to die ²  in the soil, ³ 

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

By the brush ¹  they would gather ²  herbs from the salt marshes, ³  and the root of the broom tree was their food.

See how he scattered ¹  his lightning ²  about him; he has covered the depths ³  of the sea.

You cleared the ground for it; ¹  it took root, ²  and filled the land.

No one ¹  can be established ²  through wickedness, but a righteous root ³  cannot be moved.

The wicked person desires a stronghold, ¹  but the righteous root ²  endures. ³ 

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s ¹  root stock, a bud will sprout ²  from his roots.

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹ 

And you put my feet in the stocks ¹  and you watch all my movements; ²  you put marks ³  on the soles of my feet.

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’ ¹ 

The poor will graze in my pastures; ¹  the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors. ² 

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹ 

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of ¹  Lebanon.

“‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot ¹  and wither? All its foliage ²  will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ³ 

They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, ¹  they follow ²  after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came ³  the ones who march carrying ⁴  an officer’s staff.