Israel’s Confession and Comfort

7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD;

I will wait for the God of my salvation.

My God will hear me.

8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy!

Though I have fallen, I will arise;

though I sit in darkness,

the LORD will be my light

9 Because I have sinned against Him,

I must endure the rage of the LORD,

until He argues my case

and executes justice for me.

He will bring me into the light;

I will see His righteousness.

10 Then my enemy will see

and will be covered with shame—

she who said to me,

“Where is the LORD your God?”

My eyes will see her;

at that time she will be trampled

like mud in the streets.

11 The day for rebuilding your walls will come—

the day for extending your boundary.

12 On that day they will come to you

from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

even from Egypt to the Euphrates,[fn]

from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

13 Then the earth will become desolate

because of its inhabitants,

as the fruit of their deeds.