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Psalms 45:7
7You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness; Therefore God, your God, has anointed You Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
Psalms 45:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- New International Version (NIV)You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
- New King James Version (NKJV)You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
Context of Psalms 45:7
5Your arrows are sharp; The peoples (nations) fall under You; Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies. 6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness; Therefore God, your God, has anointed You Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation. 8All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia; From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad. 9Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
Read all of Psalms 45Psalms 45:7 word by word
אָהַ֣בְתָּ צֶּדֶק֮ וַתִּשְׂנָ֫א רֶ֥שַׁע עַל־כֵּ֤ן׀ מְשָׁחֲךָ֡ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֶיךָ שֶׁ֥מֶן שָׂשׂ֗וֹן מֵֽחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou lovestאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- righteousnessצֶ֫דֶקtsedeq · righteousnessH6664
- and hatestשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
- wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562
- therefore Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- hath anointedמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
- thee with the oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
- of gladnessשָׂשׂוֹןώâώôn ώâώôn · rejoicingH8342
- above thy fellowsחָבֵרchâbêr · companionH2270
Cross-references for Psalms 45:7
- Psalms 33:5He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
- Psalms 99:4The strength of the King loves justice and righteous judgment; You have established fairness; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).
- Matthew 3:15But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.
- Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness [integrity, virtue, uprightness in purpose] and have hated lawlessness [injustice, sin]. Therefore God, Your God, Has anointed You With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
- Hebrews 7:26It was fitting for us to have such a High Priest [perfectly adapted to our needs], holy, blameless, unstained [by sin], separated from sinners and exalted higher than the heavens;
- Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path]; It will not grasp hold of me.
- Matthew 7:23And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’
- Luke 13:27but He will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers!’
- Revelation 21:27and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Psalms 89:26He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me To bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives And freedom to prisoners,
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ,
- Psalms 89:20I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him,
- Leviticus 8:12Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
- 1 Samuel 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Commentaries on Psalms 45:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Oil of gladness - As an evidence that all causes of mourning, sorrow, and death, were at an end; as in the state of mourning the ancients did not anoint themselves. I have mentioned above that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, quotes Psalm 45:6, Psalm 45:7, of this Psalm. I shall subjoin the substance of what I have written on these verses in that place: - Hebrews 1:8; Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever - If this be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou lovest righteousness - See this verse explained in the notes at Hebrews 1:9, where it is applied to the Messiah. The word “God” is rendered in the margin “O God”; “O God, thy God, hath anointed thee,” etc. According to this construction, the thought would be carried on which is suggested in Psalm 45:6, of a direct address to the Messiah as God. This construction is not necessary, but it is the most obvious one. The Messiah - the Lord Jesus - though…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 The throne of this almighty King is established for ever. While the Holy Spirit leads Christ's people to look to his cross, he teaches them to see the evil of sin and the beauty of holiness; so that none of them can feel encouragement to continue in sin. The Mediator is God, else he had been neither able to do the Mediator's work, nor fit to wear the Mediator's crown. God the Father, as his God in respect to his human nature and mediatorial…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9The king is like a god among humans. God anointed him, gave him a powerful throne, and he delivers justice as he rules eternally. The writer of Hebrews uses Psalm 45:6–7 to describe Jesus, arguing that the Son is greater than the angels (Hebrews 1:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. As in Psa 45:6 the divine nature is made prominent, here the moral qualities of the human are alleged as the reason or ground of the mediatorial exultation. Some render "O God, thy God," instead of God, thy God--but the latter is sustained by the same form (Psa 50:7), and it was only of His human nature that the anointing could be predicated (compare Is 61:3). oil of gladness--or token of gladness, as used in feasts and other times of solemn joy…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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