Psalms 75:8
For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.
9And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
Psalms 11:6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.
Psalms 73:10Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
Isaiah 5:22Woe [to] the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
Isaiah 51:22Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth [for] his people: 'Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.
Jeremiah 25:17'And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah 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 →