Psalms 75:8
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,full of foaming wine mixed with spices.He pours it out.Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
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In Context
7But God is the judge.He puts down one, and lifts up another.
9But I will declare this forever:I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich.He brings low, he also lifts up.
Psalms 11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals;fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 73:10Therefore their people return to them,and they drink up waters of abundance.
Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,and champions at mixing strong drink;
Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord God, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, "Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
Jeremiah 25:17Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, 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 →