Micah 7:9

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Summary

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

Bear

Until

He will

General references

Job 34:31

Proverbs 14:19

Bible References

Bear

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity:

And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems to him good.

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my own body, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him.

And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that struck the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father's house.

Surely it is fitting to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,

For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.

Until

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and talked with Abigail, to take her to be his wife.

David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.

He will

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

General references

Surely it is fitting to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.