Micah 7:7

7:7 But I will keep watching for the Lord;

I will wait for the God who delivers me.

My God will hear my lament. ¹ 

Micah 6:6

6:6 With what should I ²  enter the Lord’s presence?

With what ³  should I bow before the sovereign God? ⁴ 

Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

[7:7]  ¹ tn Heb “me.” In the interest of clarity the nature of the prophet’s cry has been specified as “my lament” in the translation.

[6:6]  ² sn With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? The prophet speaks again, playing the role of an inquisitive worshiper who wants to know what God really desires from his followers.

[6:6]  ³ tn The words “with what” do double duty in the parallelism and are supplied in the second line of the translation for clarification.

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Or “the exalted God.”