Micah 7:14–20

^14cShepherd your people ^dwith your staff,

the flock of your inheritance,

who dwell alone in a forest

^ein the midst of ^fa garden land;⁴

let them graze in Bashan and Gilead

as in the days of old.

^15gAs in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,

I will show them⁵ marvelous things.

^16hThe nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;

ⁱthey shall lay their hands on their mouths;

their ears shall be deaf;

^17jthey shall lick the dust like a serpent,

like the crawling things of the earth;

^kthey shall come trembling out of their strongholds;

^lthey shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,

and they shall be in fear of you.

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

^18mWho is a God like you, ⁿpardoning iniquity

and passing over transgression

ⁿfor the remnant of his inheritance?

^oHe does not retain his anger forever,

because he delights in steadfast love.

¹⁹He will ^pagain have compassion on us;

^qhe will tread our iniquities underfoot.

^rYou will cast all our⁶ sins

into the depths of the sea.

^20sYou will show faithfulness to Jacob

and steadfast love to Abraham,

^tas you have sworn to our fathers

from the days of old.