Micah 7:8-20

New American Standard Bible

⁹ I will endure the rage of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He ^(E)pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the ^(F)light,
And I will look at His ^[a](G)righteousness.
¹⁰ Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who ^(H)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look at her;
^[b]At that time she will ^[c]be ^(I)trampled down
Like mud of the streets.
¹¹ It will be a day for ^(J)building your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.
¹² It will be a day when ^[d]they will ^(K)come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the Euphrates River,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
¹³ And the earth will become a ^(L)wasteland because of her inhabitants,
On account of the ^(M)fruit of their deeds.

^14 (N)Shepherd Your people with Your ^(O)scepter,
The flock of Your ^[e]possession
Which lives by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of ^[f]a fruitful field.
Let them feed in ^(P)Bashan and Gilead
^(Q)As in the days of old.
¹⁵ “As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,
I will show ^[g](R)you miracles.”
¹⁶ Nations ^(S)will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will ^(T)put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.
¹⁷ They will ^(U)lick up dust like a snake,
Like ^[h](V)reptiles of the earth.
They will come ^(W)trembling out of their ^[i]fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in ^(X)trepidation,
And they will be afraid of You.
¹⁸ Who is a God like You, who ^(Y)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the ^(Z)remnant of His ^[j]possession?
He does not ^(AA)retain His anger forever,
Because He ^(AB)delights in mercy.
¹⁹ He will again take pity on us;
^(AC)He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will ^(AD)cast all ^[k]their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
²⁰ You will give ^[l](AE)truth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You ^(AF)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.