Micah 7

^aWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered ^cthe summer fruits,

As ^dthe grapegleanings of the vintage:

There is no ^ecluster to eat:

My soul desired ^fthe firstripe fruit.

^2gThe ^hgood man is perished out of the earth:

And ⁱthere is none upright among men:

They all ^jlie in wait for blood;

^kThey hunt ^levery man his brother ^mwith a net.

³That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,

ⁿThe prince asketh, and ^nothe judge asketh for a reward;

And the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:

So they ^qwrap it up.

⁴The best of them is as ^ra brier:

The most upright is sharper than ^rsa thorn hedge:

The day of thy ^twatchmen and ^uthy visitation cometh;

Now shall be their ^vperplexity.

^5wTrust ye not in a friend,

Put ye not confidence in a ^xguide:

Keep ^ythe doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

⁶For ^zabthe son ^cdishonoureth the father,

^zThe daughter riseth up against her mother,

^zThe daughter in law against her mother in law;

^bdA man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

⁷Therefore I will ^elook unto the Lord;

I will ^fwait for the God of my salvation:

^gMy God will hear me.

^8hiRejoice not against me, O mine ^renemy:

^hkWhen I fall, I shall arise;

^lWhen I sit in darkness, ^mthe Lord shall be a light unto me.

⁹ⁿI will bear the indignation of the Lord, ^obecause I have sinned against him,

Until he ^pplead my cause, and execute judgment for me:

^qHe will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

¹⁰Then ^rshe that is mine enemy shall see it, and ^sshame shall cover her

Which said unto me, ^tWhere is the Lord thy God?

^uMine eyes shall behold her:

Now shall she be trodden down ^vas the mire of the streets.

^11wIn the day that ^xthy ^ywalls are to be built,

In that day shall ^zthe decree be far removed.

^12wIn that day also he shall come even to thee

^aFrom Assyria, and ^afrom ^bthe fortified cities,

And from ^bthe fortress even to ^cthe river,

And from ^dsea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

¹³Notwithstanding the land ^eshall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,

^fFor ^gthe fruit of their doings.

¹⁴Feed thy people with thy rod, ^hthe flock of thine heritage,

ⁱWhich dwell solitarily in ^kthe wood, in the midst of ^lmCarmel:

Let them feed in ^lnBashan and ^loGilead, as in ^oothe days of old.

^15pAccording to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt

^pWill I shew unto him marvellous things.

¹⁶The nations ^qshall see and be confounded at all their might:

They shall ^rlay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

^17sThey shall lick the dust ^tlike a serpent,

They shall move out of ^utheir holes like ^vworms of the earth:

^wThey shall be afraid of the Lord our God,

And shall fear because of thee.

^18xWho is a God like unto thee, ^ythat pardoneth iniquity,

And ^zapasseth by the transgression of ^abthe remnant of his heritage?

^cHe retaineth not his anger for ever,

Because ^dhe delighteth in mercy.

^19eHe will turn again, ^fhe will have compassion upon us;

^gHe will subdue our iniquities;

And ^hithou wilt cast all their sins ⁱinto the depths of the sea.

^20kThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and ^kthe mercy to Abraham,

^klWhich thou hast sworn unto our fathers from ^mthe days of old.