Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation The speaker is sure that Jehovah is still his God; consequently in wrath He will still remember mercy, and will, in His own good time, remove the rod.

I have sinned against him The pious portion of Israel is included in the confession, as in Isaiah 64:5.

my cause i.e. Israel's quarrel with the oppressor.

his righteousness i.e. His interposition for my deliverance. When God has once entered into a covenant, it is only -righteous" for Him to protect those who are in relations with Him. This conception of the Divine righteousness is important; as another equally Biblical conception (the forensic) has become almost too prominent. So St John says (1st Ephesians 1:9) that God is -faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins."