Micah 7:14-20

New International Version

Prayer and Praise

¹⁴Shepherd^(A) your people with your staff,^(B)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.^[a]^(C)
Let them feed in Bashan^(D) and Gilead^(E)
    as in days long ago.^(F)

¹⁵“As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.^(G)”

¹⁶Nations will see and be ashamed,^(H)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths^(I)
    and their ears will become deaf.
¹⁷They will lick dust^(J) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling^(K) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear^(L) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.
¹⁸Who is a God^(M) like you,
    who pardons sin^(N) and forgives^(O) the transgression
    of the remnant^(P) of his inheritance?^(Q)
You do not stay angry^(R) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(S)
¹⁹You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(T) into the depths of the sea.^(U)
²⁰You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,^(V)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors^(W)
    in days long ago.^(X)