Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageTherefore God's own people are drawn back toward them, and they drink in all that the wicked say.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GTherefore His people turn back to them and drink up their words in full.
KJV
King James VersionTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleSo their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Footnotes
This verse is textually and interpretively one of the most difficult in the Psalter. The Hebrew לָכֵן יָשִׁיב עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָמוֹ resists a clean reading. The most defensible interpretation is that YHWH's own people are seduced back toward the wicked — 'turn back to them here' — and that 'waters of fullness' (מֵי מָלֵא), representing the wicked's overflow of influence, are drained up by them. The Septuagint and several ancient witnesses offer variants. Both translations render the dominant reading: the faithful community itself is being corrupted by the wicked's apparent success.