Micah 7:8

You do not rejoice over me, O my enemy, || When I have fallen, I have risen, || When I sit in darkness YHWH is a light to me.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And I—in YHWH I watch, || I wait for the God of my salvation, || My God hears me.

9I bear the indignation of YHWH, || For I have sinned against Him, || Until He pleads my cause, || And has executed my judgment, || He brings me forth to the light, || I look on His righteousness.

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Cross References

Job 31:29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, || And stirred up myself when evil found him,

Psalms 20:8They have bowed and have fallen, || And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

Psalms 35:15And they have rejoiced in my halting, || And have been gathered together, || The strikers were gathered against me, || And I have not known, || They have torn, and they have not ceased;

Psalms 35:24Judge me according to Your righteousness, O YHWH my God, || And they do not rejoice over me.

Psalms 37:24When he falls, he is not cast down, || For YHWH is sustaining his hand.

Psalms 41:10And You, YHWH, favor me, || And cause me to rise, || And I give repayment to 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 →

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