Micah 7:8
Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7And I — in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
Cross References
Job 31:29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Psalms 20:8They — they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.
Psalms 35:15And — in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
Psalms 35:24Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.
Psalms 37:24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
Psalms 41:10And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence 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 →