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You are the one who judges.
You can take away power
    and give it to others.
You hold in your hand
a cup filled with wine,[a]
    strong and foaming.
You will pour out some
for every sinful person
    on this earth,
and they will have to drink
    until it is gone.
But I will always tell about
you, the God of Jacob,
    and I will sing your praise.

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Footnotes

  1. 75.8 a cup … wine: In the Old Testament “a cup filled with wine” sometimes stands for God's anger.

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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