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6-7 For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. He promotes one and deposes another. In Jehovah’s hand there is a cup of pale and sparkling wine. It is his judgment, poured out upon the wicked of the earth. They must drain that cup to the dregs.

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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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