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Micah 7:7-20 New International Version (NIV)

⁷But as for me, I watch^(A) in hope^(B) for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear^(C) me.

Israel Will Rise

⁸Do not gloat over me,^(D) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.^(E)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.^(F)
⁹Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,^(G)
until he pleads my case^(H)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;^(I)
    I will see his righteousness.^(J)
¹⁰Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,^(K)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”^(L)
My eyes will see her downfall;^(M)
    even now she will be trampled^(N) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

¹¹The day for building your walls^(O) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.
¹²In that day people will come to you
    from Assyria^(P) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
    and from sea to sea
    and from mountain to mountain.^(Q)
¹³The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.^(R)

Prayer and Praise

¹⁴Shepherd^(S) your people with your staff,^(T)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.^[a]^(U)
Let them feed in Bashan^(V) and Gilead^(W)
    as in days long ago.^(X)

¹⁵“As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.^(Y)”

¹⁶Nations will see and be ashamed,^(Z)
    deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths^(AA)
    and their ears will become deaf.
¹⁷They will lick dust^(AB) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling^(AC) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear^(AD) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.
¹⁸Who is a God^(AE) like you,
    who pardons sin^(AF) and forgives^(AG) the transgression
    of the remnant^(AH) of his inheritance?^(AI)
You do not stay angry^(AJ) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(AK)
¹⁹You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities^(AL) into the depths of the sea.^(AM)
²⁰You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,^(AN)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors^(AO)
    in days long ago.^(AP)

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