Micah 7:9
I 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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1 Samuel 3:18And Samuel declares to him the whole of the words, and has not hid from him; and he says, “It [is] YHWH; that which is good in His eyes He does.”
1 Samuel 25:39and David hears that Nabal [is] dead and says, “Blessed [is] YHWH who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant has kept back from evil, and YHWH has turned back the wickedness of Nabal on his own head”; and David sends and speaks with Abigail, to take her to himself for a wife.
2 Samuel 16:11And David says to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for YHWH has commanded [so] to him;
Job 23:10For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Job 35:14Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, || Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Psalms 37:6And has brought out your righteousness as light, || And your judgment as noon-day.
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 →