Micah 7:8

O mine enemy i.e. the instrument of God's -visitation," the heathen oppressor of Israel.

when I fall Rather, for (if) I have fallen. The -falling" is of course not that of sin, but of calamity, which is often represented as a stumbling-block.

when I sit in darkness Another figure for trouble; comp. Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 9:2.

the Lord shall be a light Again an image from the Psalter; comp. Psalms 27:1.