Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
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1 Samuel 3:18Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”
1 Samuel 25:39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
2 Samuel 16:11David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
Job 35:14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
Psalms 37:6he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
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 →