Micah 7:7-15

Common English Bible

⁷ But me! I will keep watch for the Lord;
        I will wait for the God of my salvation;
            my God will hear me.

⁸ Do not rejoice^[a] over me, my enemy,
        because when I fall, I will rise;
            if I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
⁹ I must bear the raging of the Lord,
    for I have sinned against him,
        until he decides my case and provides justice for me.
    He will bring me out into the light;
        I will see by means of his righteousness.
¹⁰     Then my enemy will see;
        shame will cover her who said to me:
            “Where is the Lord your God?”
    My eyes will see her ruin;^[b]
        now she will become something to be trampled,
            like mud in the streets.

¹¹ A day for the building of your walls!
        On that day, the boundary will be distant.
¹²         On that day, they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
            from Egypt to the River,
            from sea to sea,
            and from mountain to mountain.
¹³ And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants,
        because of the fruit of their actions.

¹⁴ Shepherd your people with your staff,
        the sheep of your inheritance,
        those dwelling alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel.
    Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as a long time ago.

¹⁵ As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
        I will show Israel wonderful things.