Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
NMVHope deferred makes the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
OJBHope deferred maketh the lev sick, but when the ta'avah (desire) cometh, it is an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life).
T4TWhen people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, ◄it causes them to despair/they become very sad►; but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that will be like a tree [MET] whose fruit gives you life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful).