Micah 7

Chapter 7

The Prophet Acknowledges

¹Woe is me! For I am

Like the fruit pickers, like the ^agrape gatherers.

There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,

Or a ^bfirst-ripe fig which ¹I crave.

²The ¹godly person has ^aperished from the land,

And there is no upright person among men.

All of them lie in wait for ^bbloodshed;

Each of them hunts the other with a ^cnet.

³Concerning evil, both hands do it ^awell.

The prince asks, also the judge, for a ^bbribe,

And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;

So they weave it together.

⁴The best of them is like a ^abriar,

The most upright like a ^bthorn hedge.

The day when you post your watchmen,

Your ^cpunishment will come.

Then their ^dconfusion will occur.

⁵Do not ^atrust in a neighbor;

Do not have confidence in a friend.

From her who lies in your bosom

Guard ¹your lips.

⁶For ^ason treats father contemptuously,

Daughter rises up against her mother,

Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

^bA man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

⁷But as for me, I will ^awatch expectantly for the Lord;

I will ^bwait for the God of my salvation.

My ^cGod will hear me.

^8aDo not rejoice over me, O ^bmy enemy.

Though I fall I will ^crise;

Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a ^dlight for me.

⁹I will bear the indignation of the Lord

Because I have sinned against Him,

Until He ^apleads my case and executes justice for me.

He will bring me out to the ^blight,

And I will see His ^1crighteousness.

¹⁰Then my enemy will see,

And shame will cover her who ^asaid to me,

“Where is the Lord your God?”

My eyes will look on her;

¹At that time she will ²be ^btrampled down

Like mire of the streets.

¹¹It will be a day for ^abuilding your walls.

On that day will your boundary be extended.

¹²It will be a day when ¹they will ^acome to you

From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

From Egypt even to the ²Euphrates,

Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

¹³And the earth will become ^adesolate because of her inhabitants,

On account of the ^bfruit of their deeds.

^14aShepherd Your people with Your ^bscepter,

The flock of Your ¹possession

Which dwells by itself in the woodland,

In the midst of ²a fruitful field.

Let them feed in ^cBashan and Gilead

^dAs in the days of old.

¹⁵“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,

I will show ^1ayou miracles.”

¹⁶Nations ^awill see and be ashamed

Of all their might.

They will ^bput their hand on their mouth,

Their ears will be deaf.

¹⁷They will ^alick the dust like a serpent,

Like ^breptiles of the earth.

They will come ^ctrembling out of their ¹fortresses;

To the Lord our God they will come in ^ddread

And they will be afraid before You.

¹⁸Who is a God like You, who ^apardons iniquity

And passes over the rebellious act of the ^bremnant of His ¹possession?

He does not ^cretain His anger forever,

Because He ^ddelights in ²unchanging love.

¹⁹He will again have compassion on us;

^aHe will tread our iniquities under foot.

Yes, You will ^bcast all ¹their sins

Into the depths of the sea.

²⁰You will give ^1atruth to Jacob

And ²unchanging love to Abraham,

Which You ^bswore to our forefathers

From the days of old.