Psalms 45:7

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 and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet. 6Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice. You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions. 8All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. 9Princesses are among your honored guests, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

Psalms 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 33:5The Lord promotes equity and justice; the Lord’s faithfulness extends throughout the earth.
• Psalms 99:4The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.
• Matthew 3:15So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
• Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”
• Hebrews 7:26For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
• Psalms 101:3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
• Luke 13:27But he will reply, ‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
• Revelation 21:27but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
• Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, ‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’
• Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
• John 20:17Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed is 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 discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
• Leviticus 8:12He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.
• 1 Samuel 16:13So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up 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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• Anointing
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• Solomon
• Symbols and Similitudes
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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