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You brought hard times
    on your people,
and you gave us wine
    that made us stagger.

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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.

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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.

65 Finally the Lord woke up,
like a soldier
    startled from a drunken sleep.

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15     wine to cheer us up,
    olive oil for our skin,
    and grain for our health.

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