The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.

(4:1) I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home, living luxuriously in my palace.

When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.

How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.