Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Cross References
Job 31:29if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
Psalms 20:8They are bowed down and fallen, but we are risen, and stand upright.
Psalms 35:15But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.
Psalms 35:24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
Psalms 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalms 41:10But thou, O LORD, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.
Matthew Henry on Micah 7:8-14
Seeking Comfort in God; The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord ; 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, the Lord shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord , 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 she that is… Read the whole commentary →