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Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Micah, isolated by household betrayal (7:6) and personal attack (7:8), declares his own course in a public statement rather than a direct address to God.
The words — Two qal imperfect verbs carry the verse: אֲצַפֶּה (ʾaṣpēh, "I will watch") and אוֹחִילָה (ʾōḥīlāh, "I will wait"). The first implies fixed, active attention; the second, sustained endurance — both are deliberate, ongoing choices rather than one-time acts.
The thread — Lamentations 3:25 pairs waiting on the LORD with goodness to the soul; Psalms 37:7 commands stillness and patient waiting before Him; 1 John 5:14 grounds the confidence that God hears in alignment with His will.
Why it lands — It asks a reader to choose a fixed, patient posture toward God in the middle of human betrayal and to hold that choice as a present-tense act of trust rather than a passive hope.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Cross-references
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Psalms 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Psalms 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Psalms 34:5 Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Psalms 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 55:16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
- Psalms 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.