Micah 7:7–15

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.

God Will Forgive Israel

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,

I will show 8them vwonders.”