Mic 7
1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings
of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fig.
2
The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they
all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asks, and
the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he utters the evil desire of
his soul: thus they weave it together.
4
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the
day of your watchmen, even your visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
5
Trust you not in a neighbor; put you not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of
your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
6
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law; a man`s enemies are the men of his own house.
7
But as for me, I will look to YHWH; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God
will hear me.
8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness,
YHWH will be a light to me.
9
I will bear the indignation of YHWH, because I have sinned against him, until he plead
my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and]
I shall behold his righteousness.
10
Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is YHWH
your God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down
as the mire of the streets.
11
A day for building your walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12
In that day shall they come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from
Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.
13
Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of
their doings.
14
Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily,
in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the
days of old.
15
As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show to them marvelous
things.
16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand
upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall
come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear to YHWH our God,
and shall be afraid because of you.
18
Who is a God like to you, that pardones iniquity, and passes over the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger for ever, because he delights
in lovingkindness.
19
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and
you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20
You will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which you
have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.