Mic 7:8-9 | JFB | STEP | 8. Rejoice not —at my fall. when I fall, I shall arise — ( ). when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light —Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion ( ). Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes ( ). "Mine enemy," in Hebrew, is feminine.

Micah 7:8-9

8. Rejoice not—at my fall.

when I fall, I shall arise— (Ps 37:24; Pr 24:16).

when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light—Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion (Isa 50:7, 8, 10). Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Ps 137:7, 8). "Mine enemy," in Hebrew, is feminine.

9. bear—patiently.

the indignation of the Lord—His punishment inflicted on me (La 3:39). The true penitent "accepts the punishment of his iniquity" (Le 26:41, 43); they who murmur against God, do not yet know their guilt (Job 40:4, 5).

execute judgment for me—against my foe. God's people plead guilty before God; but, in respect to their human foes, they are innocent and undeserving of their foes' injuries.

bring me forth to the light—to the temporal and spiritual redemption.

I shall behold his righteousness—His gracious faithfulness to His promises (Ps 103:17).