Parallel Verses

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 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.

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.

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.

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 a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are his own servants. 7 But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament. 8 My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:9

At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your deliverance, O Lord.

Psalm 4:2-3

You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)

Psalm 25:5

Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.

Psalm 27:12-14

Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

Psalm 34:5-6

Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed.

Psalm 37:7

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

Psalm 38:15

Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Psalm 40:1-3

For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

Psalm 55:16-17

As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

Psalm 62:1-8

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

Psalm 65:2

You hear prayers; all people approach you.

Psalm 109:4

They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

Psalm 130:5

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

Psalm 142:4-5

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

Isaiah 12:2

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer."

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth's remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Lamentations 3:25-26

(Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

Habakkuk 3:17-19

When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,

Luke 2:25-32

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Luke 6:11-12

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

1 John 5:14-15

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

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