Micah 7

New American Standard Bible

The Prophet Acknowledges Injustice

7 Woe to me! For I am
Like harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of ^(A)grapes.
There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat,
Nor an ^(B)early fig, which ^[a]I crave.
²The ^[b]godly person has ^(C)perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among mankind.
All of them lie in wait for ^(D)bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a ^(E)net.
³As for evil, both hands do it ^(F)well.
The leader asks for a ^(G)bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.
⁴The best of them is like a ^(H)thorn bush,
The most upright like a ^(I)thorn hedge.
The day ^[c]when you post your watchmen,
Your ^(J)punishment is coming.
Then their ^(K)confusion will occur.
⁵Do not ^(L)trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a close friend.
Guard ^[d]your lips
From her who lies ^[e]in your arms.
⁶For ^(M)son disavows father,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
^(N)A person’s enemies are the people of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

⁷But as for me, I will ^(O)be on the watch for the Lord;
I will ^(P)wait for the God of my salvation.
My ^(Q)God will hear me.
⁸^(R)Do not rejoice over me, ^(S)enemy of mine.
Though I fall I will ^(T)rise;
Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a ^(U)light for me.

⁹I will endure the rage of the Lord
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He ^(V)pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the ^(W)light,
And I will look at His ^[f]^(X)righteousness.
¹⁰Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who ^(Y)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look at her;
^[g]At that time she will ^[h]be ^(Z)trampled down
Like mud of the streets.
¹¹It will be a day for ^(AA)building your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.
¹²It will be a day when ^[i]they will ^(AB)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.
¹³And the earth will become a ^(AC)wasteland because of her inhabitants,
On account of the ^(AD)fruit of their deeds.

¹⁴^(AE)Shepherd Your people with Your ^(AF)scepter,
The flock of Your ^[j]possession
Which lives by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of ^[k]a fruitful field.
Let them feed in ^(AG)Bashan and Gilead
^(AH)As in the days of old.
¹⁵“As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,
I will show ^[l]^(AI)you miracles.”
¹⁶Nations ^(AJ)will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will ^(AK)put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.
¹⁷They will ^(AL)lick up dust like a snake,
Like ^[m]^(AM)reptiles of the earth.
They will come ^(AN)trembling out of their ^[n]fortresses;
To the Lord our God they will come in ^(AO)trepidation,
And they will be afraid of You.
¹⁸Who is a God like You, who ^(AP)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the ^(AQ)remnant of His ^[o]possession?
He does not ^(AR)retain His anger forever,
Because He ^(AS)delights in mercy.
¹⁹He will again take pity on us;
^(AT)He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will ^(AU)cast all ^[p]their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
²⁰You will give ^[q]^(AV)truth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You ^(AW)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.