Micah 7:14-20

New Century Version

A Prayer to God

¹⁴So shepherd your people with your stick;
    tend the flock of people who belong to you.
That flock now lives alone in the forest
    in the middle of a garden land.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
    as in days long ago.

¹⁵“As in the days when I brought you out of Egypt,
I will show them miracles.”

¹⁶When the nations see those miracles,
    they will no longer brag about their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
    refusing to listen.
¹⁷They will crawl in the dust like a snake,
    like insects crawling on the ground.
They will come trembling from their holes to the Lord our God
    and will turn in fear before you.
¹⁸There is no God like you.
    You forgive those who are guilty of sin;
you don’t look at the sins of your people
    who are left alive.
You will not stay angry forever,
    because you enjoy being kind.
¹⁹You will have mercy on us again;
    you will conquer our sins.
You will throw away all our sins
    into the deepest part of the sea.
²⁰You will be true to the people of Jacob,
    and you will be kind to the people of Abraham
as you promised to our ancestors long ago.