Psalms 50:13

50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls?

Do I drink the blood of goats? ¹ 

Psalms 78:44

78:44 He turned their rivers into blood,

and they could not drink from their streams.

Psalms 69:12

69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;

drunkards mock me in their songs. ² 

Psalms 110:7

110:7 From the stream along the road he drinks;

then he lifts up his head. ³ 

Psalms 75:8

75:8 For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full

of foaming wine mixed with spices, ⁴ 

and pours it out. ⁵ 

Surely all the wicked of the earth

will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” ⁶ 

[50:13]  ¹ tn The rhetorical questions assume an emphatic negative response, “Of course not!”

[69:12]  ² tn Heb “the mocking songs of the drinkers of beer.”

[110:7]  ³ tn Here the expression “lifts up the head” refers to the renewed physical strength and emotional vigor (see Ps 3:3) provided by the refreshing water. For another example of a victorious warrior being energized by water in the aftermath of battle, see Judg 15:18-19 (see also 1 Sam 30:11-12, where the setting is different, however).

[75:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “for a cup [is] in the hand of the Lord, and wine foams, it is full of a spiced drink.” The noun מֶסֶךְ (mesekh) refers to a “mixture” of wine and spices.

[75:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he pours out from this.”

[75:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.”