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For judgment comes not from east or from west,
    not from the wilderness or the mountains,(A)
But from God who decides,
    who brings some low and raises others high.(B)
Yes, a cup[a] is in the Lord’s hand,
    foaming wine, fully spiced.
When God pours it out,
    they will drain it even to the dregs;
    all the wicked of the earth will drink.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 75:9 A cup: “the cup of God’s wrath” is the punishment inflicted on the wicked, cf. Is 51:17; Jer 25:15–29; 49:12; Eze 23:31–33. Spiced: lit., “a mixed drink”; spices or drugs were added to wine, cf. Prv 9:2, 5.

It is God who judges:(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.(B)
In the hand of the Lord is a cup
    full of foaming wine mixed(C) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
    drink it down to its very dregs.(D)

As for me, I will declare(E) this forever;
    I will sing(F) praise to the God of Jacob,(G)

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