Micah 7:1-7

Christian Standard Bible

7 How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest^(A)—
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.^(B)
2 Faithful people have vanished from the land;^(C)
there is no one upright among the people.^(D)
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;^(E)
they hunt each other with a net.^(F)
3 Both hands are good^(G) at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;^(H)
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
⁴ The best of them is like a brier;^(I)
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.^(J)
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;^(K)
at this time their panic is here.^(L)
5 Do not rely on a friend;^(M)
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
⁶ Surely a son considers his father a fool,^(N)
a daughter opposes her mother,
and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
⁷ But I will look to the Lord;^(O)
I will wait for the God of my salvation.^(P)
My God will hear me.^(Q)