7:8 My enemies,
Though I have fallen, I will get up.
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
7:9 I must endure
for I have sinned against him.
But then
and accomplish justice on my behalf.
He will lead me out into the light;
I will experience firsthand
7:10 When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame.
They say
I will gloat over them.
Then they will be trampled down
like mud in the streets.
7:11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls;
in that day your boundary will be extended.
7:12 In that day people
from Assyria as far as
from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River,
from the seacoasts
7:13 The earth will become desolate
because of what its inhabitants have done.
7:14 Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod,
the flock that belongs to you,
the one that lives alone in a thicket,
in the midst of a pastureland.
Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead,
as they did in the old days.
7:15 “As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt,
I will show you
7:16 Nations will see this and be disappointed by
they will put their hands over their mouths,
and act as if they were deaf.
7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake,
like serpents crawling on the ground.
They will come trembling from their strongholds
to the Lord our God;
they will be terrified
7:18 There is no other God like you!
You
and pardon
of those who remain among your people.
You do not remain angry forever,
but delight in showing loyal love.
7:19 You will once again
you will conquer
you will hurl our
7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob
and extend your loyal love to Abraham,
which you promised on oath to our ancestors
in ancient times.