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His People’s Response

Indeed, power to promote someone does not come
    from the east or from the west or from the wilderness.
No, it is God who makes the decision.
He brings down one. He raises up another.
Indeed, a cup is in the hand of the Lord.
The wine foams. It is fully mixed.
He pours this out.
Yes, they drain its dregs.
All the wicked of the earth drink.

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No one from the east or the west
    or from the desert can exalt themselves.
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)

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