Micah 7:1 ¶ Misery480 is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers625 the summer fruits,7019 as gleanings5955 of the vineyard:1210 There is no cluster811 of grapes to eat.398 My soul5315 desires183 to eat the early fig.10632 The godly2623 man has perished6 out of the earth,776 and there is no one upright3477 among men.120 They all lie in wait693 for blood;1818 every man376 hunts6679 his brother251 with a net.27643 Their hands3709 are on that which is evil7451 to do it diligently.3190 The ruler8269 and judge8199 ask7592 for a bribe;7966 and the powerful1419 man dictates1696 the evil1942 desire5315 of his soul. Thus they conspire5686 together.
4 The best2896 of them is like a brier.2312 The most upright3477 is worse than a thorn hedge.4534 The day3117 of your watchmen,6822 even your visitation,6486 has come;935 now is the time of their confusion.39985 Don't trust539 in a neighbor.7453 Don't put confidence982 in a friend.7453 With the woman lying7901 in your embrace,2436 be careful8104 of the words6607 of your mouth!63106 For the son1121 dishonors5034 the father,1 the daughter1323 rises up6965 against her mother,517 the daughter-in-law2545 against her mother-in-law;3618 a man's376 enemies341 are the men582 of his own house.10047 But as for me, I will look6822 to Yahweh.3068 I will wait3176 for the God430 of my salvation.3468 My God430 will hear8085 me.
8 Don't rejoice8055 against me, my enemy.341 When I fall,5307 I will arise.6965 When I sit3427 in darkness,2822 Yahweh3068 will be a light216 to me.
9 I will bear5375 the indignation2197 of Yahweh,3068 because I have sinned2398 against him, until he pleads7378 my case,7379 and executes6213 judgment4941 for me. He will bring me forth3318 to the light.216 I will see7200 his righteousness.666610 Then my enemy341 will see7200 it, and shame955 will cover3680 her who said559 to me, where is Yahweh3068 your God?430 Then my enemy will see7200 me and will cover5869 her shame. Now she will be trodden down4823 like the mire2916 of the streets.235111 A day3117 to build1129 your walls—1447 In that day,3117 he will extend2706 your boundary.736812 In that day3117 they will come935 to you from Assyria804 and the cities5892 of Egypt,4693 and from Egypt4693 even to the River,5104 and from sea3220 to sea,3220 and mountain2022 to mountain.202213 Yet the land776 will be desolate8077 because of those who live3427 in it, for the fruit6529 of their doings.461114 Shepherd7462 your people5971 with your staff,7626 the flock6629 of your heritage,5159 who live7931 by themselves910 in a forest,3293 in the midst8432 of fertile pasture3760 land, let them feed;7462 in Bashan1316 and Gilead,1568 as in the days3117 of old.576915 "As in the days3117 of your coming3318 forth out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 I will show7200 them marvelous6381 things."
16 The nations1471 will see7200 and be ashamed954 of all their might.1369 They will lay7760 their hand3027 on their mouth.6310 Their ears241 will be deaf.279017 They will lick3897 the dust6083 like a serpent.5175 Like crawling things2119 of the earth776 they shall come trembling7264 out of their dens.4526 They will come with fear3372 to Yahweh3068 our God,430 and will be afraid3372 because of you.
18 Who is a God410 like you, who pardons5375 iniquity,5771 and passes over5674 the disobedience6588 of the remnant7611 of his heritage?5159 He doesn't retain2388 his anger639 forever,5703 because he delights2654 in loving kindness.261719 He will again7725 have compassion7355 on us. He will tread3533 our iniquities5771 under foot; and you will cast7993 all their sins2403 into the depths4688 of the sea.322020 You will give5414 truth571 to Jacob,3290 and mercy2617 to Abraham,85 as you have sworn7650 to our fathers1 from the days3117 of old.6924