Micah 7:7–20
7 Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will jwait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8 kDo not rejoice over me, my enemy;
lWhen I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
9 mI will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ncase
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And oshame will cover her who said to me,
p“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
11 In the day when your qwalls are to be built,
In that day 2the decree shall go far and wide.
12 In that day rthey 3shall come to you
From Assyria and the 4fortified cities,
From the 5fortress to 6the River,
From sea to sea,
And mountain to mountain.
13 Yet the land shall be desolate
Because of those who dwell in it,
And sfor the fruit of their deeds.
14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell 7solitarily in a twoodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.
15 “As uin the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
16 The nations wshall see and be ashamed of all their might;
xThey shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the ydust like a serpent;
zThey shall crawl from their holes like 9snakes of the earth.
aThey shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
18 bWho is a God like You,
cPardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of dthe remnant of His heritage?
eHe does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in fmercy. 1
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all 2our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 gYou will give truth to Jacob
And 3mercy to Abraham,
hWhich You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.