Psalm 45:7 “You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your…”

Psalm 45:7

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

World English Bible

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

American Standard Version

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou louest righteousnes, and hatest wickednesse, because God, euen thy God hath anoynted thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.

Darby Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Bible in Basic English

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

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Cross references

“Thou”

Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 33:5 Psalm 99:4 Matthew 3:15 Hebrews 7:26

Hebrews 1:9 · BSB

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

Psalm 33:5 · BSB

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

Psalm 99:4 · BSB

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Matthew 3:15 · BSB

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

Hebrews 7:26 · BSB

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

“hatest”

Psalm 101:8 Revelation 21:27 Luke 13:27 Matthew 7:23 Psalm 101:3 Psalm 101:4

Psalm 101:8 · BSB

Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Luke 13:27 · BSB

And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’

Matthew 7:23 · BSB

Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

Psalm 101:3 · BSB

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalm 101:4 · BSB

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

“thy God”

Ephesians 1:3 Psalm 89:26 John 20:17 Isaiah 61:1

Ephesians 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

Psalm 89:26 · BSB

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

John 20:17 · BSB

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

“hath”

Isaiah 61:1–3 Luke 4:18–21 John 3:34 Psalm 89:20 Luke 3:22 Leviticus 8:12

Isaiah 61:1–3 · BSB

Luke 4:18–21 · BSB

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

John 3:34 · BSB

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Psalm 89:20 · BSB

I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

Luke 3:22 · BSB

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Leviticus 8:12 · BSB

He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.

“oil”

Psalm 21:6 Acts 2:28

Psalm 21:6 · BSB

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

Acts 2:28 · BSB

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

“above”

John 1:16 Romans 8:29 Hebrews 2:14 Colossians 1:18 Colossians 1:19

John 1:16 · BSB

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

Romans 8:29 · BSB

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Hebrews 2:14 · BSB

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Colossians 1:18 · BSB

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Colossians 1:19 · BSB

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

Also

Psalm 11:7 Psalm 2:2

Psalm 11:7 · BSB

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Psalm 2:2 · BSB

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

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