71 Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers , like the grape gatherers . There is not a cluster of grapes to eat , Or a first-ripe fig which I crave . 2 The godly person has perished from the land , And there is no upright person among men . All of them lie in wait for bloodshed ; Each of them hunts the other with a net . 3 Concerning evil , both hands do it well . The prince asks , also the judge , for a bribe , And a great man speaks the desire of his soul ; So they weave it together . 4 The best of them is like a briar , The most upright like a thorn hedge . The day when you post your watchmen , Your punishment will come . Then their confusion will occur . 5 Do not trust in a neighbor ; Do not have confidence in a friend . From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips . 6 For son treats father contemptuously , Daughter rises up against her mother , Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law ; A man's enemies are the men of his own household .
7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord ; I will wait for the God of my salvation . My God will hear me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Micah 7:1-7
Commentary on Micah 7:1-7
(Read Micah 7:1-7)
The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. Contempt and violation of domestic duties are a sad symptom of universal corruption. Those are never likely to come to good who are undutiful to their parents. The prophet saw no safety or comfort but in looking to the Lord, and waiting on God his salvation. When under trials, we should look continually to our Divine Redeemer, that we may have strength and grace to trust in him, and to be examples to those around us.