Psalms 75:8

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

Majority Standard Bible

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

7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

9But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalms 73:10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

Jeremiah 25:17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the 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 →

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