Chapter 75
Asaph.
2021 - Here is another Psalm labeled "Do Not Destroy". Such a strange thing.
1st, Thanksgiving.
2nd, ?
3rd, God will cut off the wicked, and lift up Jacob.
This is about God's judgement, as was 50. These verses:
8 For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain [and] drink down. [Psa 75:8 NKJV]
This seems to be a picture of the wine of the wrath of God. Revelation may well be referring back to this verse in Psalms.
2023 - This wine is fully mixed, the wine in Revelation is full strength. Still...an interesting comparison.
2021 - These two verses from Revelation:
10 he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. [Rev 14:10 ESV]
19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. [Rev 16:19 ESV]
Ultimate judgement comes from God and from no other. His is final judgement. The last verse of the Psalm tells us the basis for that judgement:
10 "All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, [But] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted." [Psa 75:10 NKJV]
If you want God to judge you favorably, be righteous. That is all. We need only do as God would have us do.
2023 - The picture is certainly that poured out wine represents the judgment of God. I do not know why that would be the picture, though, and certainly why it would still be the picture in NT times...unless it is simply a reference back to this Psalm. The dregs indicate that the cup is going to be drained completely when it is poured out. There won't be any leaving of the solids in the bottom. Even the "worst" of the wine is going to be poured out. The really bad part.
2023 - This is also Asaph, talking about a time - or at least hinting that he is talking about a time - that is well in the future. Are all the Psalms of Asaph by the same guy? I need to do a study - or least put together a list, of all the Psalms of Asaph. There are 12 of them. Starting with 50, then 73-83. So all of Asaph's Psalms, except 50, are sequential. This could mean that Psa 50 was by a different person, and the 11 in Book 3 are from a different person, a prophet. Book 3 begins with Psalm 73 and goes through 89. So 17 Psalms in the book, of which 11 are attributed to this Asaph. Yeah...there's a lot of possibility here. I will start paying more attention to interpreting ALL these Asaph Psalms as prophecy of the far future, and see how many hint at that.