Psalms 75:8

For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.

9But I will declare for euer, and sing prayses vnto the God of Iaakob.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

Psalms 11:6Vpon the wicked he shall raine snares, fire, and brimstone, and stormie tempest: this is the porcion of their cup.

Psalms 73:10Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Isaiah 5:22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy Lord God, euen God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Beholde, I haue taken out of thine hande the cuppe of trembling, euen the dregges of the cuppe of my wrath: thou shalt drinke it no more.

Jeremiah 25:17Then tooke I the cup at the Lordes hand, and made all people to drinke, vnto whome 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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