Micah 7:2

The good man More fully rendered, -The pious man," he who makes love his rule of action love to God and love to man. -The idea of khâsîdhis not passive [he who experiences grace or love], for God Himself is called khâsîdh, Psalms 145:17, but he who exercises khesedh(Proverbs 11:17), i.e. makes men, according to God's will, and God Himself (comp. Jonah 2:8; Psalms 144:2) -the object of his loving endeavours" (Delitzsch on Psalms 16:10). Observe, -The pious man," not -pious men" is the phrase employed, -indicating the fewness and isolation of these Abdiels." There is a striking parallel to the first half of this verse in Isaiah 57:1, -The righteous perisheth, and no man taketh it to heart, and men of piety are gathered," &c. Both passages must have been written in time of persecution.

they all lie in wait for blood Not merely persecution, but anarchy seems to have been the order of the day: at least the rich and powerful were under no legal restraint; they did that which was right in their own eyes. Similar circumstances are described in many of the Psalms (see e. g. Psalms 10:8-9).

every man his brother Although, as children of Abraham, they ought to love each other; comp. Leviticus 19:18.