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(7) For promotion cometh lo (not) from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

(8) But Elohim is the Shofet; He bringeth down one, and setteth up another.

(9) For in the yad Hashem there is a kos, and the yayin is foaming; full of mixture; and He poureth out of the same; but the dregs thereof, all rishei aretz (wicked of the earth) shall drain them down, and drink them [Lk 22:42].

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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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