Micah 7:7

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
look	אֲצַפֶּ֔ה 'a.tza.Peh	H6822	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	בַּיהוָ֣ה ba.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
wait	אוֹחִ֖ילָה 'o.Chi.lah	H3176	to wait · verb, hiphil infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
God	לֵאלֹהֵ֣י le.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
salvation	יִשְׁעִ֑י yish.'I	H3468	liberty · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
God	אֱלֹהָֽי 'e.lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
hear	יִשְׁמָעֵ֖נִי yish.ma.'E.ni	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Psalms 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wic…
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Psalms 27:12-14 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him…
Psalms 34:5-6 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:7-13

The prophet, having sadly complained of the wickedness of the times he lived in, here fastens upon some considerations for the comfort of himself and his friends, in reference thereunto. The case is bad, but it is not desperate. Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. I. "Though God be now displeased he shall be reconciled to us, and then all will be well, Mic 7:7, Mic 7:9. We are now under the indignation of the Lord; God is angry with us, and justly, because we have sinned against him." Note, It is our sin against God that provokes his indignation against us; and we must see it, and own it, whenever we are under divine rebukes, that we may justify God, and may study to answe…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:7

Therefore I will look unto the Lord--as if no one else were before mine eyes. We must not only "look unto the Lord," but also "wait for Him." Having no hope from man (Mic 7:5-6), Micah speaks in the name of Israel, who herein, taught by chastisement (Mic 7:4) to feel her sin (Mic 7:9), casts herself on the Lord as her only hope," in patient waiting (Lam 3:26). She did so under the Babylonian captivity; she shall do so again hereafter when the spirit of grace shall be poured on her (Zac 12:10-13).

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:7

Therefore I will look unto the Lord - Because things are so, I will trust in the Lord more firmly, wait for him more patiently, and more confidently expect to be supported, defended, and saved.

John Gill on Micah 7:7

Therefore I will look unto the Lord,.... Here the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, declares what he would do in such circumstances, since there was no dependence on men of any rank, in any relation or connection with each other; he resolved to look alone to the Lord, and put his trust in him; look up to the Lord in prayer, use an humble freedom with him, place a holy confidence in him, expect all good things from him, and wait for them; look to Christ in the exercise of faith, which is, in New Testament language, a looking to Jesus; and the Targum interprets this clause of the Word of the Lord, the essential Word, who is to be looked unto, and believed in, as the Son of…

Dictionary and topics

Afflictions · Tempered with mercy — Tempered with mercy
Afflictions And Adversities · .Tempered with mercy — .Tempered with mercy
Despondency · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Waiting · With full confi — With full confi
Waiting Upon God · Should be: With full confidence — Should be: With full confidence

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Micah 7:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:7

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:7

John Gill on Micah 7:7

Dictionary and topics

Micah 7:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:7

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:7

John Gill on Micah 7:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Micah 7:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Micah 7:7-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Micah 7:7-10

Rashi on Micah 7:7