Micah 7:8

“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, etc.] These are the words of the prophet in the name of the church, continued in an apostrophe or address to his and their enemy; by whom may be meant, literally, the Chaldeans or Edomites, or both, who rejoiced at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the calamities the people of the Jews were brought into at it; (see <19D707>Psalm 137:7,8 <310112>Obadiah 1:12); spiritually, Satan the great enemy of mankind, and especially of the church and people of God, to whom it is a pleasure to draw them into any sin or snare, and to do them any hurt and mischief; and also the Inert of the world, who hate and persecute the saints; and watch for their haltings, and…”

“Rejoice not--at my fall. when I fall, I shall arise-- (Psa 37:24; Pro 24:16). when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light--Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion (Isa 50:7-8, Isa 50:10). Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Psa 137:7-8). "Mine enemy," in Hebrew, is feminine.”

“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy - The prophet still more makes himself one with the people, not only as looking for God, but in penitence, as Daniel bewails “his own sins and the sins of his people” Daniel 9:10. The “enemy” is Babylon and “Edom” Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:12; Psalms 137:7; and then, in all times, (since this was written for all times, and the relations of the people of God and of its enemies are the same,) whosoever, whether devils or evil men, rejoice over the falls of God’s people. “Rejoice not”; for thou hast no real cause; “the triumphing of the ungodly”, and the fall of the godly, “is but for a moment. When I fall, I shall arise” Psalms 30:5; (literally, “when I have…”

“Rejoice not - The prophet personates the church. Let it be no matter of glorying to thee, that the day of calamity hath overtaken me. In darkness - When affliction, war, famine, and captivity cover me. A light - Shall support, comfort and deliver me. Micah 7:9”

“7:8 Though I sit in darkness: The prophet confidently trusts in God to be his light (cp. Ps 27:1) even in deep difficulty, knowing that his enemies would not overcome him (cp. Ps 23:4-5). God’s Spirit gave him the power and confidence to perform his prophetic task (Mic 3:8).”

“Rejoice: Job 31:29; Psa 13:4-6, Psa 35:15, Psa 35:16, Psa 35:19, Psa 35:24-26, Psa 38:16; Pro 24:17, Pro 24:18; Jer 50:11; Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22; Eze 25:6, Eze 35:15; Oba 1:12; Joh 16:20; Rev 11:10-12 when I fall: Psa 37:21, Psa 41:10-12; Pro 24:16 when I sit: Psa 107:10-15, Psa 112:4; Isa 9:2, Isa 49:9, Isa 50:10; Mat 4:16; Luk 1:78, Luk 1:79 the Lord: Psa 27:1, Psa 84:11, Psa 97:11, Psa 112:4; Isa 2:5, Isa 60:1-3, Isa 60:19, Isa 60:20; Mal 4:2; Joh 8:12; Act 26:18; Co2 4:6; Rev 21:23, Rev 22:5 Micah 7:9”