Micah 7:18

There is no other God like you! ¹  You ²  forgive sin and pardon ³  the rebellion of those who remain among your people. ⁴  You do not remain angry forever, ⁵  but delight in showing loyal love.

Ex 15:11; Ex 33:18,19; Ex 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; Nu 23:21; De 33:26; 1Ki 8:23; Ne 9:17; Ps 35:10; Ps 65:3; Ps 71:19; Ps 77:6-10; Ps 85:4,5; Ps 86:5,15; Ps 89:6,8; Ps 103:2,3; Ps 103:9; Ps 113:5,6; Ps 130:4,7,8; Isa 1:18; Isa 40:18,25; Isa 43:25; Isa 44:22; Isa 46:8,9; Isa 55:7; Isa 57:10,16; Isa 62:5; Isa 65:19; Jer 3:5,12; Jer 31:34; Jer 32:41; Jer 38:8; Jer 50:20; La 3:31,32; Eze 33:11; Da 9:9; Joe 2:32; Am 7:8; Am 8:2; Jon 4:2; Mic 2:12; Mic 4:7; Mic 5:3,7,8; Mic 7:14; Zep 3:17; Lu 15:5-7,9,10,23,24,32; Lu 24:47; Ac 13:38,39; Ro 11:4; Eph 2:4,5; Heb 8:9-12; Jas 2:13

¹ tn Heb “Who is a God like you?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one!”

² tn Heb “one who.” The prayer moves from direct address (second person) in v. 18a to a descriptive (third person) style in vv. 18b-19a and then back to direct address (second person) in vv. 19b-20. Due to considerations of English style and the unfamiliarity of the modern reader with alternation of persons in Hebrew poetry, the entire section has been rendered as direct address (second person) in the translation.

³ tn Heb “pass over.”

⁴ tn Heb “of the remnant of his inheritance.”

⁵ tn Heb “he does not keep hold of his anger forever.”