Micah 7:1 - 7:7

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There Is No Upright Person

Woe is me! For I am

Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.

There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,

Or a first‑ripe fig which my soul desires.

2

The holy one has perished from the land,

And there is no upright person among men.

All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;

Each of them hunts the other with a net.

3

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.

The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment,

And a great man speaks the craving of his soul;

So they weave it together.

4

The best of them is like a briar,

The most upright like a thorn hedge.

The day when you post your watchmen,

Your punishment will come.

At that time their panic will happen.

5

Do not believe in a neighbor;

Do not have confidence in a close companion.

From her who lies in your bosom

Guard the openings of your mouth.

6

For son treats father as a wicked fool;

Daughter rises up against her mother,

Daughter‑in‑law against her mother‑in‑law;

A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

Yahweh Is a Light for Me

7

But as for me, I will watch expectantly for Yahweh;

I will wait for the God of my salvation.

My God will hear me.

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