75:8 For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full
of foaming wine mixed with spices, 1
and pours it out. 2
Surely all the wicked of the earth
will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” 3
75:10 God says, 4
“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;
the godly will be victorious.” 5
1 tn Heb “for a cup [is] in the hand of the
2 tn Heb “and he pours out from this.”
3 tn Heb “surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.”
sn The psalmist pictures God as forcing the wicked to gulp down an intoxicating drink that will leave them stunned and vulnerable. Divine judgment is also depicted this way in Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17-23; and Hab 2:16.
4 tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in v. 10.
5 tn Heb “and all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, the horns of the godly will be lifted up.” The imagery of the wild ox’s horn is once more utilized (see vv. 4-5).