# General Information:

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"