Micah 7:14–20

A Prayer to God

¹⁴So shepherd your people with your stick;

tend the flock of people who belong to you.

That flock now lives alone in the forest

in the middle of a garden land.

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

as in days long ago.

¹⁵“As in the days when I brought you out of Egypt,

I will show them miracles.”

¹⁶When the nations see those miracles,

they will no longer brag about their power.

They will put their hands over their mouths,

refusing to listen.

¹⁷They will crawl in the dust like a snake,

like insects crawling on the ground.

They will come trembling from their holes to the Lord our God

and will turn in fear before you.

¹⁸There is no God like you.

You forgive those who are guilty of sin;

you don’t look at the sins of your people

who are left alive.

You will not stay angry forever,

because you enjoy being kind.

¹⁹You will have mercy on us again;

you will conquer our sins.

You will throw away all our sins

into the deepest part of the sea.

²⁰You will be true to the people of Jacob,

and you will be kind to the people of Abraham

as you promised to our ancestors long ago.