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Micah 7

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Verse BSB Berean Standard Bible YLT Young's Literal Translation
Woe is me ! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave .
My wo ` is ' to me , for I have been As gatherings of summer - fruit , As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul .
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men . They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait , Each his brother they hunt ` with ' a net.
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire , they all conspire together .
On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul , And they wrap it up .
The best of them is like a brier ; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come , the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion .
Their best one ` is ' as a brier , The upright one -- than a thorn- hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come . Now is their perplexity .
Do not rely on a friend ; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms .
Believe not in a friend , trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth .
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law . A man’s enemies are the members of his own household .
For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law , The enemies of each ` are ' the men of his house .
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation . My God will hear me.
And I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation , Hear me doth my God .
Do not gloat over me, my enemy ! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness , the LORD will be my light.
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 .
Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light ; I will see His righteousness.
The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light , I look on His righteousness.
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame — she who said to me, “ Where is the LORD your God? ” My eyes will see her ; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets .
And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame , Who saith unto me, ` Where ` is ' Jehovah thy God? ' Mine eyes do look on her , Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places .
The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary .
The day to build thy walls ! That day -- removed is the limit .
On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt , even from Egypt to the Euphrates , from sea to sea and mountain to mountain .
That day -- even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress , And from the fortress even unto the river , And from sea to sea , and mount to mount .
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds .
And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings .
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance . They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead , as in the days of old.
Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod , The flock of Thine inheritance , Dwelling alone ` in ' a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders .
According to the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I do shew it wonderful things .
Nations will see and be ashamed , deprived of all their might . They will put their hands over their mouths , and their ears will become deaf.
See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might , They lay a hand on the mouth , their ears are deaf.
They will lick the dust like a snake , like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God ; they will tremble in fear of You .
They lick dust as a serpent , as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee .
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not retain His anger forever , because He delights in loving devotion?
Who ` is ' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity , And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance , He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth ` in ' kindness.
He will again have compassion on us ; He will vanquish our iniquities . You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
He doth turn back, He pitieth us , He doth subdue our iniquities , And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins .
You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Thou givest truth to Jacob , kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers , from the days of antiquity!

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