Micah
Chapter Seven
1 ¶ Woe is me! For
I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.
2 The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright
among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with
a net.
3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands-The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme
together.
4 The best of them is like a brier; The most upright is sharper than a thorn
hedge; The day of your watchman and your punishment comes; Now shall be their
perplexity.
5 Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard
the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
6 For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men of his own household.
7 ¶ Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in
darkness, The LORD will be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case 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 shame will cover her who said to me,
"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 walls are to be built, In that day the decree shall
go far and wide.
12 In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities,
From the fortress to the River, From sea to sea, And mountain to mountain.
13 Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for
the fruit of their deeds.
14 ¶ Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in
Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.
15 "As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show
them wonders."
16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their
hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; They shall crawl from their holes
like snakes of the earth. They shall be afraid of the LORD our God, And shall
fear because of You.
18 Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression
of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because
He delights in mercy.
19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You
will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to
our fathers From days of old.
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