Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

New American Standard Bible

But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

But I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

International Standard Version

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God who will deliver me. My God will hear me.

American Standard Version

But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Amplified


But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

Bible in Basic English

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

Darby Translation

But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Julia Smith Translation

I will look about for Jehovah, I will wait for God my deliverer; my God will hear me.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

But [as for] me, I will look to Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, I will look up unto the LORD; I will patiently abide God my saviour: my God shall hear me.

NET Bible

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

New Heart English Bible

But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

The Emphasized Bible

But, I, for Yahweh, will watch, I will wait for the God of my salvation, - My God, will hear me.

Webster

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

World English Bible

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Therefore I will look
צפה 
Tsaphah 
Usage: 36

unto the Lord

Usage: 0

I will wait
יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

for the God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of my salvation
ישׁע ישׁע 
Yesha` 
Usage: 36

my God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

Devotionals

Devotionals about Micah 7:7

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Micah 7:7

Prayers for Micah 7:7

Context Readings

The Lord's Kindness

6 For the son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me.

Cross References

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 LORD. We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Psalm 4:2-3

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

Psalm 25:5

Guide me in thy truth, and teach me. For thou are the God of my salvation. For thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 27:12-14

Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalm 34:5-6

They looked to him, and were radiant, and their faces shall never be confounded.

Psalm 37:7

Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 38:15

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope. Thou will answer, O LORD my God.

Psalm 40:1-3

I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

Psalm 50:15

And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.

Psalm 55:16-17

As for me, I will call upon God, and LORD will save me.

Psalm 62:1-8

My soul waits in silence for God only. From him [is] my salvation.

Psalm 65:2

O thou who hear prayer, to thee all flesh shall come.

Psalm 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries, but I [make] prayer.

Psalm 130:5

I wait for LORD. My soul waits, and in his word do I hope,

Psalm 142:4-5

Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will {be a man who has trusted (LXX/NT)} in him.

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid, for LORD, [even] LORD, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.

Isaiah 45:22

Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.

Lamentations 3:25-26

LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Habakkuk 3:17-19

For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

Luke 2:25-32

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.

Luke 6:11-12

But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus.

1 John 5:14-15

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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