Micah 7:7-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.(A)
Penitence and Trust in God
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.(B)
9 I must bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall see his vindication.(C)
10 Then my enemies[b] will see,
and shame will cover those[c] who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see their[d] downfall;[e]
now they[f] will be trodden down
like the mire of the streets.(D)
A Prophecy of Restoration
11 A day for the building of your walls!
On that day the boundary shall be far extended.(E)
12 On that day they will come to you
from Assyria to[g] Egypt
and from Egypt to the River,
from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.(F)
13 But the earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their doings.(G)
14 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock that belongs to you,
which lives alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
show us[h] marvelous things.(H)
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