Micah 7:9

New Revised Standard Version

I must bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he takes my side and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall see his vindication.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:17

When David saw the angel who was destroying the people, he said to the Lord, “I alone have sinned, and I alone have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father's house.”

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

Job 35:14

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

Psalm 119:154

Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise.

Psalm 37:6

He will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me!

Psalm 7:6

Rise up, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; you have appointed a judgment.

Psalm 94:15

for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 46:13

I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; you shall drink no more from the bowl of my wrath.

Isaiah 56:1

Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is severe. But I said, “Truly this is my punishment, and I must bear it.”

Jeremiah 14:7

Although our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; our apostasies indeed are many, and we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought forth our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.

Lamentations 1:18

The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and behold my suffering; my young women and young men have gone into captivity.

Leviticus 26:41

so that I, in turn, continued hostile to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

Malachi 3:18

Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has given judgment for you against her.”

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it, and plead my cause, and vindicate me against you.”

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has judged the case of Nabal's insult to me, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.

1 Samuel 26:10

David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down; or his day will come to die; or he will go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”