Micah 7:7

“Therefore I will look unto the Lord, etc.] Here the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, declares what he would do in such circumstances, since there was no dependence on men of any rank, in any relation or connection with each other; he resolved to look alone to the Lord, and put his trust in him; look up to the Lord in prayer, use an humble freedom with him, place a holy confidence in him, expect all good things from him, and wait for them; look to Christ in the exercise of faith, which is, in New Testament language, a looking to Jesus; and the Targum interprets this clause of the Word of the Lord, the essential Word, who is to be looked unto, and believed in, as the Son…”

“Therefore I will look unto the Lord--as if no one else were before mine eyes. We must not only "look unto the Lord," but also "wait for Him." Having no hope from man (Mic 7:5-6), Micah speaks in the name of Israel, who herein, taught by chastisement (Mic 7:4) to feel her sin (Mic 7:9), casts herself on the Lord as her only hope," in patient waiting (Lam 3:26). She did so under the Babylonian captivity; she shall do so again hereafter when the spirit of grace shall be poured on her (Zac 12:10-13).”

“Therefore - (And,) when all these things come to pass and all human help fails, “I”, for my part, “will look unto”, (literally, “on”) “the Lord” God, the Unchangeable. The prophet sets himself, I, with emphasis, against the multitude of the ungodly. When all forsake, betray, fail, when “love is waxed cold” Matthew 24:12, and men, in the last days, shall be “lovers of their ownselves” 2 Timothy 3:2, 2 Timothy 3:4, “not lovers of God”, I, - he does not say, “will trust,” but - , “will” (Jerome), “with the eye of the heart contemplating, loving, venerating God most High, and weighing His mercy and justice,” “gaze intently” with the devotion of faith toward Him, though I see Him not: yet so too…”

“Therefore - Since all sorts of men are so perfidious. Look - As one set in a watch - tower looks round about, and diligently observes all that stirs, so will the prophet; so did they who in Israel and Judah feared the Lord. Micah 7:8”

“7:7-10 In the midst of despair, Micah prays with a psalm of hope and confidence in the Lord (cp. Hab 2:4; 3:16-18).”

“I will look: Psa 34:5, Psa 34:6, Psa 55:16, Psa 55:17, Psa 109:4, Psa 142:4, Psa 142:5; Isa 8:17, Isa 45:22; Hab 3:17-19; Luk 6:11, Luk 6:12 wait: Gen 49:18; Psa 25:5, Psa 27:12-14, Psa 37:7, Psa 40:1-3, Psa 62:1-8; Isa 12:2, Isa 25:9; Lam 3:25, Lam 3:26; Luk 2:25-32 my God: Psa 4:2, Psa 4:3, Psa 38:15, Psa 50:15, Psa 65:2; Jo1 5:14, Jo1 5:15 Micah 7:8”

“"This confession of sin is followed by a confession of faith on the part of the humiliated people of God" (Shlier.) Mic 7:7. "But I, for Jehovah will I look out; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Mic 7:8. Rejoice not over me, O mine enemy! for am I fallen, I rise again; for do I sit in darkness, Jehovah is light to me." By ואני what follows is attached adversatively to the preceding words. Even though all love and faithfulness should have vanished from among men, and the day of visitation should have come, the church of the faithful would not be driven from her confidence in the Lord, but would look to Him and His help, and console itself with the assurance that…”