7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
trust
(See Scofield "Psalms 2:12") .
7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Therefore
Micah 7:7-20 is, primarily, the confession and intercession of the prophet, who identifies himself with Israel. Cf. Daniel 9:3-19 . Intercession was a test of the prophetic office ; Jeremiah 27:18 ; Genesis 20:7 But Micah's prayer voices also the heart exercise of the remnant in the last days. Such is prophecy, an intermingling of the near and the far. (Cf) ; Psalms 22:1 ; Matthew 27:46 .
7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
