Micah 7
1 My woe [is] to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.
woe! to/for me for to be like/as gathering summer like/as gleaning vintage nothing cluster to/for to eat early fig to desire soul: appetite my
2 Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men — there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt [with] a net.
to perish pious from [the] land: country/planet and upright in/on/with man nothing all their to/for blood to ambush man: anyone [obj] brother: compatriot his to hunt net
3 On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking — also the judge — for recompence, And the great — he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
upon [the] bad: evil palm to/for be good [the] ruler to ask and [the] to judge (in/on/with recompense *L(abh)*) and [the] great: large to speak: speak desire soul: appetite his he/she/it and to weave her
4 Their best one [is] as a brier, The upright one — than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen — Thy visitation — hath come. Now is their perplexity.
pleasant their like/as briar upright from hedge day to watch you punishment your to come (in): come now to be confusion their
5 Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
not be faithful in/on/with neighbor not to trust in/on/with tame from to lie down: lay down bosom: embrace your to keep: guard entrance lip your
6 For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.
for son: child be senseless father daughter to arise: attack in/on/with mother her daughter-in-law in/on/with mother-in-law her enemy man human house: household his
7 And I — in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
and I in/on/with LORD to watch to wait: wait to/for God salvation my to hear: hear me God my
8 Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.
not to rejoice enemy my to/for me for to fall: fall to arise: rise for to dwell in/on/with darkness LORD light to/for me
9 The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
rage LORD to lift: bear for to sin to/for him till which to contend strife my and to make: do justice: judgement my to come out: send me to/for light to see: see in/on/with righteousness his
10 And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, 'Where [is] Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.
and to see: see enemy my and to cover her shame [the] to say to(wards) me where? he LORD God your eye my to see: see in/on/with her now to be to/for trampling like/as mud outside
11 The day to build thy walls! That day — removed is the limit.
day to/for to build wall your day [the] he/she/it to remove statute: allotment
12 That day — even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.
day he/she/it and till you to come (in): come to/for from Assyria and city Egypt and to/for from Egypt and till River and sea from sea and mountain: mount [the] mountain: mount
13 And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
and to be [the] land: country/planet to/for devastation upon to dwell her from fruit deed their
14 Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
to pasture people your in/on/with tribe: staff your flock inheritance your to dwell to/for isolation wood in/on/with midst plantation to pasture Bashan and Gilead like/as day forever: antiquity
15 According to the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I do shew it wonderful things.
like/as day to come out: come you from land: country/planet Egypt to see: see him to wonder
16 See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
to see: see nation and be ashamed from all might their to set: put hand upon lip ear their be quiet
17 They lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
to lick dust like/as serpent like/as to crawl land: soil to tremble from perimeter their to(wards) LORD God our to dread and to fear: revere from you
18 Who [is] a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He — He delighteth [in] kindness.
who? God like you to lift: forgive iniquity: crime and to pass upon transgression to/for remnant inheritance his not to strengthen: strengthen to/for perpetuity face: anger his for delighting kindness he/she/it
19 He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
to return: again to have compassion us to subdue iniquity: crime our and to throw in/on/with depth sea all sin their
20 Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
to give: do truth: faithful to/for Jacob kindness to/for Abraham which to swear to/for father our from day front: old
