Psalms 75:8

You did cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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

7You are terrible; and who shall withstand you, because of your anger? 1

9when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek in heart. Pause. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.

Psalms 11:6The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in + 11:6 Gr. the earth. a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 1

Psalms 73:10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke your name forever? 1

Isaiah 5:22Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:

Isaiah 51:22thus says the Lord God that judges his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of calamity, the cup of my wrath; and you shall not drink it any more.

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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