Micah 7 — Legacy Standard Bible

There Is No Upright Person

7Woe is me! For I amLike the fruit pickers, like the ^agrape gatherers.There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,Or a ^bfirst-ripe fig which my soul desires.²The ¹holy one has ^aperished from the land,And there is no upright person among men.All of them lie in wait for ^bbloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a ^cnet.³Concerning evil, both hands do it ^awell.The prince asks, also the judge, for a ^bpayment,And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;So they weave it together.⁴The best of them is like a ^abriar,The most upright like a ^bthorn hedge.The day when you post your watchmen,Your ^cpunishment will come.¹At that time their ^dpanic will happen.⁵Do not ^abelieve in a neighbor;Do not have confidence in a close companion.From her who lies in your bosomGuard the openings of your mouth.⁶For ^ason treats father as a wicked fool;Daughter rises up against her mother,Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;^bA man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

Yahweh Is a Light for Me

⁷But as for me, I will ^awatch expectantly for Yahweh;I will ^bwait for the God of my salvation.My ^cGod will hear me.⁸^aDo not be glad over me, O ^bmy enemy.Though I fall I will ^crise;Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a ^dlight for me.⁹I will bear the rage of YahwehBecause I have sinned against Him,Until He ^apleads my case and does justice for me.He will bring me out to the ^blight,And I will see His ¹^,^crighteousness.¹⁰Then my enemy will see,And shame will cover her who ^asaid to me,“Where is Yahweh your God?”My eyes will look on her;¹At that time she will ²be ^btrampled downLike mire of the streets.¹¹It will be a day for ^abuilding your walls.On that day your boundary will be extended.¹²It will be a day when ¹they will ^acome to youFrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,From Egypt even to the ²River,Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.¹³And the earth will become ^adesolate because of her inhabitants,On account of the ^bfruit of their deeds.¹⁴^aShepherd Your people with Your ^bscepter,The flock of Your inheritanceWhich dwells by itself in the forest,In the midst of ¹a fruitful orchard.Let them feed in ^cBashan and Gilead^dAs in the ancient days.¹⁵“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,I will show ¹^,^ayou wondrous deeds.”¹⁶Nations ^awill see and be ashamedOf all their might.They will ^bput their hand on their mouth;Their ears will be deaf.¹⁷They will ^alick the dust like a serpent,Like ^bcrawling things of the earth.They will come ^ctrembling out of their ¹fortresses;To Yahweh our God they will come in ^ddread,And they will be afraid before You.¹⁸Who is a God like You, who ^aforgives iniquityAnd passes over the transgression of the ^bremnant of His inheritance?He does not ^chold fast to His anger foreverBecause He ^ddelights in lovingkindness.¹⁹He will again have compassion on us;^aHe will subdue our iniquities.And You will ^bcast all ¹their sinsInto the depths of the sea.²⁰You will give ¹^,^atruth to JacobAnd lovingkindness to Abraham,Which You ^bswore to our fathersFrom the days of old.