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Verse Psalms 75:8. _IT 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 25:1...
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FOR 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 id...
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Psalms 75
The Divine Answer
_ 1. Christ the righteous judge (Psalms 75:1)_
2. His judgment (Psalms 75:6)
It is Christ as King who is pictured in this Psalm coming to answer
the pleas of His people...
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LXXV. THE INEVITABLE JUDGMENT. The Ps. opens with praise of God and
His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will
surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed time....
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HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
A CUP. The symbol of God's judgment. Isaiah 51:17 (Compare Psalms
19:14). Habakkuk 2:15;...
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The reason for this warning. Israel looks to God alone for help, and
He is the supreme arbiter of human destinies....
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The judgement is described under the figure of a cup of wine, which
God gives the wicked to drink. The figure is a common one. See
Jeremiah 25:15 ff., Jeremiah 25:27 ff.; Jeremiah 49:12;...
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FOR IN THE HAND OF THE LORD THERE IS A CUP, AND THE WINE IS RED—
_And the wine is in a ferment._ Hiller, 328. _Is unmixed:_ Green; who
renders the next clause, _He filleth it up to the brim, and poure...
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PSALMS 75
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Song, Enshrining an Oracular Assurance of Equitable Judgment by the
Judge of the Earth.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 75:1, Congregational Thanksgiving, Promising a
Rehea...
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I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift
not up the horn:
-In reliance on God's promise (Psalms 75:2), Israel warns the haughty
foe no more to lift up the neck in pride, f...
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75:8 foameth (d-13) Or 'it is red.'...
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A CUP] The same figure for God's punishment is found in Isaiah 51:17;
Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 48:26; Jeremiah 49:12....
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In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of
thanksgiving for some national deliverance (Psalms 75:1). It
celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in His
ow...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
EARTHQUAKES, HORNS AND A CUP OF WINE!
(SEE THE NOTES)
PSALMS 75
Jesus woke up and he was angry with the wind. He said to the sea,
"Shut your mouth and stop makin...
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A CUP. — The figure of the cup of Divine fury is developed, as
Psalms 11:6 compared with Psalms 16:5 shows, from the more general one
which represents life itself as a draught which must be drunk, bit...
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_[Psalms 75:9]_ כִּ֤י כֹ֪וס בְּֽ יַד ־יְהוָ֡ה...
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Psalms 75:1
THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in
history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of
connection with any particular instance of that judgment. Th...
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GOD PUTTETH DOWN AND LIFTETH UP
Psalms 75:1
This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore
the _North_ is omitted in Psalms 75:6, that being the quarter from
which the enemy ca...
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If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at
different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most
clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a
co...
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For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a (f) 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,...
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_And. Hebrew, "thou, and who shall subsist before thee in the moment
of thy wrath?" Houbigant rejects the second thou. (Berthier) --- From.
From the time that thy wrath shall bread out. (Challoner) --...
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I do not presume to say what this cup is, nor to what the whole
allusion is designed: perhaps it means a mixture of what God's people
are appointed to drink in soul exercises, and in providences. And...
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8._For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup. _(261) The Psalmist here
applies more directly to the use of the godly that judgment of which
he has just now spoken. He affirms, that the object for whic...
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In Psalms 75 Messiah is introduced speaking, though the psalm
commences with the remnant giving thanks to God for wondrous works
already wrought. Then judgments of God introduce Messiah to the
kingdom...
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FOR IN THE HAND OF THE LORD THERE IS A CUP,.... Another reason why men
should not act haughtily and arrogantly; for by the cup are meant
afflictions, calamities, and judgments, which are measured out...
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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, [an...
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_For_, &c. This verse is added, either, 1st, As a reason or
confirmation of the assertion, Psalms 75:7, and to show that God, in
removing one king to make way for another, did not proceed in a way of...
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For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, that of God's wrath, Cf
Isaiah 51:17, AND THE WINE IS RED, foaming and frothing with its
strength; IT IS FULL OF MIXTURE, God Himself having prepared the
fe...
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THE CHURCH PRAISES THE NEARNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT.
To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public
worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm
or song of Asap...
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1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only
once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is
nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to...
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This verse is added, either,
1. As a reason or confirmation of the assertion, PSALMS 75:7, and to
show that God in removing one king to make way for another did not
proceed in a way of absolute sover...
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CONTENTS: A rebuke for those who fail to reckon with God.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: A word from God soon abases the lofty, and hence failure
to reckon on God is madness. Even kings serve H...
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Title. _Al-taschith:_ do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates
that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had
pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...
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_For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red._
GOD’S THREATENINGS AGAINST INCORRIGIBLE SINNERS
In this verse we have a lively description and amplification of the
judgments of Go...
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_For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare._
GOD’S NEARNESS TO THE WORLD
I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system (Psalms 75:3).
The force of disintegration operates every mom...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:1. This is a hymn of praise. It thanks
God for the wondrous deeds he has done for Israel. It celebrates the
fact that he is the judge of all the earth. He will, in his ow...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:6 This section takes up the idea of LIFTING
UP from vv. Psalms 75:4. Ultimately it is God who executes judgment,
puttin
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician, Altaschith_:” see
introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Pslam—a song of Asaph_:” see
introduction to Psalms 74.
“There are,” says Perowne, “no clearly...
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EXPOSITION
This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may
be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual
praise is confined to the first and the last two ver...
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Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for
that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive
the congregation I will judge uprightly (Psalms 75:1-2).
T...
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Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah
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For — God is here compared to the master of a feast, who then used
to distribute portions of meat and drink to the several guests. A cup
— Of vengeance. Red — Such as the best wine of Judea was. Mixtu...