Micah:7

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* Woe is me ! for I am as when they have gathered the summer [fruits ], as the grapegleanings of the vintage : [there is ] no cluster to eat : my soul desired the firstripe fruit . * The merciful [man ] of the earth is missing : and [there is ] no one upright among men : they all lie in wait for blood ; they hunt each man his brother with a net . * To complete the evil with their hands , the prince demands , and the judge [judges ] for a reward ; and the great [man ] speaks the desires of his heart : and they confirm it . * The best of them [is ] as a brier ; the most upright [as ] a thorn hedge : the day of thy watchmen , thy visitation , comes ; now shall be their confusion . * Do not believe in a friend , do not trust in a prince ; from her that lies at thy side , take care , open not thy mouth . * For the son dishonours the father , the daughter rises up against her mother , the daughter in law against her mother in law ; and a man 's enemies [are ] those of his own house . * Therefore I will wait for the LORD ; I will wait for the God of my saving health ; my God will hear me . * Do not rejoice against me , O my enemy ; for if I have fallen , I shall arise ; if I sit in darkness , the LORD [is ] my light . * I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him , until he has judged my cause and executed my judgment ; he will bring me forth to the light , [and ] I shall behold his righteousness . * Then [she that is ] my enemy shall see [it ], and shame shall cover her who said unto me , Where is the LORD thy God ? my eyes shall behold her : now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets . * In the day that thy walls shall be built unto thee , [in ] that day shall the decree [of thy slavery ] be far removed . * [In ] that day [also ] he shall come even to thee from Assyria and [from ] the fortified cities and from the fortress even to the river , and from sea to sea , and [from ] mountain to mountain . * And the land with those that dwell therein shall be made desolate , for the fruit of their doings . * Feed thy people with thy rod , the flock of thine heritage , which dwell only [in ] the mountain , in the midst of Carmel ; let them feed [in ] Bashan and Gilead , as in the time of old . * I will show you marvellous [things ] as in the day when thou came out of Egypt . * The Gentiles shall see and be ashamed at all thy mighty acts : they shall lay [their ] hand upon [their ] mouth , their ears shall become deaf . * They shall lick the dust like a serpent ; as the serpents of the earth , they shall tremble in their holes ; they shall be filled with fear of the LORD our God and shall [also ] fear thee . * Who [is ] a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity , and passes over the rebellion with the remnant of his heritage ? He did not retain his anger for ever because he delights [in ] mercy . * He will turn again , he will have mercy on us ; he will subdue our iniquities ; and will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea . * Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob [and ] the mercy to Abraham , which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the times of old .:

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