Psalms 75:8

for God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:

9for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth.

Psalms 11:6The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

Psalms 73:10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.

Isaiah 5:22Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.

Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord and thy God, who will fight for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not drink it again any more.

Jeremiah 25:17And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord 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 →

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