Micah:7

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* Woe is me ! I live where the summer fruits are gathered , And the vintage is gleaned ; There is no cluster to eat ; I long for the first –ripe fig . * The good man is perished from the land , And there is none upright among men . They all lie in wait for blood ; Every one hunteth his brother with a net . * Their hands are diligent for evil ; The prince asketh a bribe , And the judge decideth for money ! The great man giveth judgment according to his desire ; They conspire to pervert justice . * The best of them is like a brier ; The most upright of them is sharper than a thorn –hedge . The day of recompense , announced by thy watchmen , cometh ; Then shall come their perplexity . * Trust ye not in a friend ! Put no confidence in a guide ! From her that lieth in thy bosom Keep the doors of thy mouth ! * For the son dishonoreth his father , The daughter riseth up against her mother , And the daughter –in –law against her mother –in –law ; The inmates of a man ’s house are his foes . * I will look to Jehovah ; I will hope in the God of my salvation ; My God will hear me . * Rejoice not over me , O my enemy ! Though I have fallen , I shall arise ; Though I sit in darkness , Jehovah will be my light . * I will bear the indignation of Jehovah , Because I have sinned against him , Until he maintain my cause , and execute judgment for me , Until he bring me to the light , And I behold his mercy . * She that is my enemy shall see it , and shame shall cover her , That said to me , Where is Jehovah thy God ? Mine eyes shall gaze upon her ; Soon shall she be trodden down , as the mire of the streets . * The day cometh when thy walls are to be built ; In that day shall the decree be far removed . * In that day shall they come to thee From Assyria , and the cities of Egypt , And from Egypt to the river , From sea to sea , from mountain to mountain . * But first the land shall be desolate on account of its inhabitants , For the fruit of their doings . * Feed thy people with thy crook , The flock of thine inheritance , That dwell solitarily in the forest in the midst of Carmel ! Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead , as in the days of old . * As in the day when thou camest from Egypt , So will I show thee wonders . * The nations shall see , and be ashamed of all their might : They shall lay their hands upon their mouths ; Their ears shall be deaf . * They shall lick the dust like the serpent ; Like the creeping things of the earth , they shall come trembling from their strongholds ; To Jehovah our God shall they come with awe , And shall fear on account of thee . * Who is a God like thee , that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by transgression , In the remnant of his inheritance ? He retaineth not his anger forever , For he delighteth in mercy . * He will again have compassion on us , He will blot out our iniquities ; Yea , thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea . * Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob , And mercy to Abraham , Which thou swarest to our fathers from the days of old .

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