Micah 5:4

He will assume his post ¹  and shepherd the people ²  by the Lord’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. ³  They will live securely, ⁴  for at that time he will be honored ⁵  even in the distant regions of ⁶  the earth.

Ex 23:21; 1Ch 29:11,12; Ps 22:27; Ps 23:1,2; Ps 45:3-6; Ps 72:8; Ps 72:19; Ps 93:1; Ps 98:3; Ps 145:12; Isa 40:10,11; Isa 49:5; Isa 49:9,10; Isa 52:10; Eze 34:22-24; Mic 7:14; Zec 9:10; Mt 2:6; Mt 16:18; Mt 25:31; Lu 1:32; Joh 5:22-29; Joh 10:27-30; Joh 10:38; Joh 14:9-11; Joh 20:17; Eph 1:3; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:1; Re 1:13-18; Re 11:15

¹ tn Heb “stand up”; NAB “stand firm”; NASB “will arise.”

² tn The words “the people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “by the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.”

⁴ tn The words “in peace” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Perhaps וְיָשָׁבוּ (vÿyashavu, “and they will live”) should be emended to וְשָׁבוּ (vÿshavu, “and they will return”).

⁵ tn Heb “be great.”

⁶ tn Or “to the ends of.”