Micah 7:7

But I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!

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In The King James Version

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

In Context

6For son insults father, daughter rises up against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, a man’s enemies are the people of his own household.

8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. If I have fallen, I will rise. If I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:18I have waited for your deliverance Lord!

Psalms 4:2How long, you proud people, will my honor be stained by the slanders you love, and the lies that you follow? Selah

Psalms 27:12Give me not up, O Lord, unto the rage of my foes; for against me have risen false witnesses, breathing out cruelty.

Psalms 37:7In silence and patience wait on the Lord. Be not kindled to anger at those who prosper. At those who execute evil devices.

Psalms 40:1For the Lord I waited and waited, till, inclining to me, he heard my cry.

Psalms 55:16But I will call on God, the Lord will save me.

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:2-7

The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 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 desired the first-ripe fruit. 2 The good 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 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his… Read the whole commentary →

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