Jerusalem’s Song of Trust (7:8-10): Ever since Hermann Gunkel of Germany in 1924 characterized Micah 7:8–20 as a prophetic liturgy, this oracle has been treated as the opening piece of that unit. But this brief passage, which in its tone so much resembles songs of trust found in the Psalter (cf. Ps. 4; 11; 16; 23; 27:1–6; 52; 131), should not be interpreted apart from what has gone before in 6:1–7:7.

The setting of the court case (6:1–8) continues. Israel has been indicted (6:1–8); its sins, specified by the sins of Jerusalem, have been set forth (6:9–16); Jerusalem has recognized and lamented those sins (7:1–7) and turned to Yahweh as its only possible savior (7:7). And in that turning lies Jerusalem’s hope and the certainty of its salvation (7:8–10), for whoever comes to the Lord will not…