If he owns the land, he also recites the prescribed verses,
thanking God for the Land that He has given him. If he does not own the
land, he brings the first fruit, but cannot recite the verses. Why not?
One should be allowed to recite Torah verses! - Either because his
words “...the Land that You gave me...”
will have the appearance of falsehood, or because he may regard his
fruit as definite first fruit, and because of that neglect his tithe
obligations.