~ The Lord Will Have Compassion ~

Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Because I have sinned against Him,
I will bear the Lord's wrath,
until He pleads my case and establishes my right.
He will bring me out into the light;
I will see His righteousness.

Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of His inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
You will again have compassion on us;
You will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
You will be true to Jacob,
and show mercy to Abraham,
as You pledged on oath to our fathers
in days long ago.

(Micah 7:8--9, 18-20)