Micah 7

²The godly man has perished out of the earth,

³Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.

⁴The best of them is like a brier.

⁵Don’t trust in a neighbor.

⁶For the son dishonors the father,

⁷But as for me, I will look to the LORD.

⁸Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy.

⁹I will bear the indignation of the LORD,

¹⁰Then my enemy will see it,

¹¹A day to build your walls!

¹²In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

¹³Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,

¹⁴Shepherd your people with your staff,

¹⁵“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,

¹⁶The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.

¹⁷They will lick the dust like a serpent.

¹⁸Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,

¹⁹He will again have compassion on us.

²⁰You will give truth to Jacob,