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

5In your majesty ride victoriously, on behalf of truth, meekness and justice. Let your right hand display awesome things. 6Your arrows are sharp. Peoples fall beneath you— into the heart of the king’s enemies. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a scepter of justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. 8You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore, God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions. 9All your robes have myrrh, aloes, cassia. From ivory palaces, stringed instruments make you glad.

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 33:5He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the love of Adonai.
• Psalms 99:4The might of a king loves justice. You have established fairness. You executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Matthew 3:15But Yeshua responded, “Let it happen now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” So John yielded to Him.
• Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
• Hebrews 7:26For such a Kohen Gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
• Psalms 101:3No base thing will I set before my eyes. Twisted behavior I hate— it will not cling to me.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”
• Luke 13:27But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Get away from Me, all of you evildoers!’”
• Revelation 21:27And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Book of Life.
• Psalms 89:26I will also set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.
• Isaiah 61:1The Ruach Adonai Elohim is on me, because Adonai has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,
• John 20:17Yeshua says to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah.
• Psalms 89:20Then You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, and said: “I have bestowed help on a warrior. I have exalted one chosen from among the people.
• Leviticus 8:12He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
• 1 Samuel 16:13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. From that day on Ruach Adonai came mightily upon David. Then Samuel rose 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
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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