18. Who is a God like you,who pardons sin and forgives the transgressionof the remnant of his inheritance?You do not stay angry for everbut delight to show mercy.
19. You will again have compassion on us;you will tread our sins underfootand hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
20. You will be faithful to Jacob,and show love to Abraham,as you pledged on oath to our ancestorsin days long ago.Footnotes for the Book of Micaha 7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lorda In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.b 2 Or rulersc 6 Or crushd 6 Or Nimrod in its gatese 14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asheraha 14 Or in the middle of Carmel