Micah 7:1-7

1How miserable I am! I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest who can find nothing to eat. Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig can be found to satisfy my hunger.

2The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

3Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with influence get what they want, and together they scheme to twist justice.

4Even the best of them is like a brier; the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.

5Don’t trust anyone— not your best friend or even your wife!

6For the son despises his father. The daughter defies her mother. The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law. Your enemies are right in your own household!

7As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me.