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Asaph speaks about God.
he brings down and he lifts up
The objects of the verbs can be stated clearly: "he brings some people down and he lifts other people up." The words "brings down" and "raises up" are metaphors for God making people powerful and taking away their power. AT: "he makes one man king in place of another man" or "he takes away one man's power and gives power to another man" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a cup of foaming wine ... mixed with spices
When Yahweh punishes the people they will be like people who have drunk strong wine and become ill. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
foaming wine
The foam is a metaphor for the power of the wine to make people drunk, AT: "strong wine" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
spices
dried leaves or ground seeds
pours it out
pours it from a large container into the cups that the people will drink from
drink it to the last drop
"drink every drop of it"