Psalms 75:8
For in the hand of LORD there is a cup, and the wine foams. It is full of mixture, and he pours out of the same, surely [to] the dregs of it. All the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7But God is the judge. He put one down, and lifts another up.
9But I will declare forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
Psalms 11:6He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 73:10Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
Isaiah 51:22Thus says thy lord LORD, and thy God who pleads the cause of his people: Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. Thou shall no more drink it again.
Jeremiah 25:17Then I took the cup at LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom LORD had sent me:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 75:7-10
God's Government of the World. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;… Read the whole commentary →