Psalms 75:8

Psalms 75:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down.

Context of Psalms 75:8

6The ⌞authority⌟ to reward someone does not ⌞come⌟ from the east, from the west, or ⌞even⌟ from the wilderness. 7God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another. A cup is in the Lord’s hand. (Its foaming wine is thoroughly mixed with spices.) He will empty it, ⌞and⌟ all the wicked people on earth will have to drink every last drop. 9But I will speak ⌞about your miracles⌟ forever. I will make music to praise the God of Jacob. 10I will destroy all the weapons of wicked people, but the weapons of righteous people will be raised proudly.

Psalms 75:8 word by word

כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־יְהוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר׀ מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֪ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ יִמְצ֣וּ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For in the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• a cupכּוֹסkôs · cupH3563
• and the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• is redחָמַרchâmar · fermentH2560
• it is fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• of mixtureמֶ֫סֶךְmesek · mixtureH4538
• and he poureth outנָגַרnâgar · to pourH5064
• of the sameזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• but the dregsשֶׁ֫מֶרshemer · dregH8105
• thereof, all the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• outמָצָהmâtsâh · to drainH4680
• drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354

Cross-references for Psalms 75:8

• Psalms 11:6He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
• Psalms 60:3You have made your people experience hardships. You have given us wine that makes us stagger.
• Job 21:20His eyes should see his own ruin. He should drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake up! Wake up! Stand up, Jerusalem! You drank from the cup in the Lord’s hand. That cup was filled with his anger. You drank from the bowl, the cup that makes people stagger, and you drained it!
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it.
• Revelation 14:9Another angel, a third one, followed them, and said in a loud voice, “Whoever worships the beast or its statue, whoever is branded on his forehead or his hand,
• Revelation 16:19The important city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered to give Babylon the Great the cup of wine from his fierce anger.
• Proverbs 23:30Those who drink glass after glass of wine and mix it with everything.
• Isaiah 5:22How horrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are champions at mixing drinks,
• Psalms 73:10That is why God’s people turn to wickedness and swallow their words.

Commentaries on Psalms 75:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8It is full of mixture - Alluding to that mingled potion of stupefying drugs given to criminals to drink previously to their execution. See a parallel passage to this, Jeremiah 25:15-26.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For in the hand of the Lord … - The general idea in this verse is, that God holds in his hand a cup for people to drink; a cup whose contents will tend to prolong life, or to cause death. See the idea in this passage fully explained in Job 21:20, note; Psalm 60:3, note; Isaiah 51:17, note; Revelation 14:10, note. And the wine is red - The word used here - חמר châmar - may mean either to boil up, or to be red - from the idea of boiling, or becoming…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's people…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The Lord alone is the Judge. He has the power to raise people up or bring them down (see 1 Samuel 2:7; Luke 1:52).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-84-8. Here the writer speaks in view of God's declaration, warning the wicked. Lift ... up the horn--to exalt power, here, of the wicked himself--that is, to be arrogant or self-elated.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 75:8

• Cup
• Drunkenness
• Lees
• Wicked (People)
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Asaph
• Cup
• Dregs
• Lees
• Lift
• Promotion
• Psalms
• Wine
• Color; Colors

Commentaries on Psalms 75

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings