Micah 7:9

Because I sinned against Yahweh, 1 I will bear his rage 1 until he pleads my cause, 1 and executes judgment for me. 1 He will bring me to the light, 1 and I will see him rescue me in his justice. 1

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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.

In Context

8Do not rejoice over me, my enemy. 1 After I fall, 1 I will rise. 1 When I sit in darkness, 1 Yahweh will be a light for me. 1

10Then my enemy will see it, 1 and shame will cover the one who said to me, 1 “Where is Yahweh your God?” 1 My eyes will look at her; 1 she will be trampled down like the mud in the streets. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:18Samuel told him everything; he hid nothing from him. Eli said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

1 Samuel 25:39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “May Yahweh be blessed, who has taken up the cause of my insult from the hand of Nabal and has kept back his servant from evil. He has turned Nabal's evil action back on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.

2 Samuel 16:11So David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Look, my son, who was born from my body, wants to take my life. How much more may this Benjamite now desire my ruin? Leave him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has commanded him to do it.

Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; 1 when he has tested me, I will come out like gold. 1

Job 35:14How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, 1 that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him! 1

Psalms 37:6He will display your justice like the daylight 1 and your innocence like the day at noon. 1

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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