New International Version You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. New Living Translation You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else. English Standard Version you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; Berean Standard Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. Berean Literal Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; upon thus, God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions. King James Bible Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. New King James Version You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions. New American Standard Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions. NASB 1995 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. NASB 1977 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee With the oil of joy above Thy fellows. Legacy Standard Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions. Amplified Bible 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. Berean Annotated Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God {Elohim}, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy <Heb 1:8–9>. Christian Standard Bible You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions. Holman Christian Standard Bible You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy more than your companions. 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. Contemporary English Version You love justice and hate evil. And so, your God chose you and made you happier than any of your friends. English Revised Version Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. GOD'S WORD® Translation You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong. That is why God, your God, has anointed you, rather than your companions, with the oil of joy. Good News Translation you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king. International Standard Version You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness. NET Bible 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. New Heart English Bible You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions. Webster's Bible Translation Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleYou have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have loved righteousness and hate wickedness, "" Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You "" With oil of joy above Your companions. Berean Literal Bible You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; upon thus, God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy above your 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. Smith's Literal Translation Thou lovedst justice, and thou wilt hate injustice: for this, God thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy companions. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You love justice and hate wrongdoing; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings. New Revised Standard Version you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You have loved righteousness and you have hated evil; because of this, oh, God, your God has anointed you with the oil of a joy greater than that of your companions. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context My Heart is Stirred by a Noble Theme…6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. 7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. 8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.… Cross References You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Isaiah 61:8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them. Amos 5:15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. therefore God, your God, has anointed you Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. Luke 4:18 “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, Acts 4:27 In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. above your companions Hebrews 1:4 So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. Ephesians 1:20-22 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, / far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. / And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.” with the oil of joy. Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” Isaiah 61:3 to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. Proverbs 27:9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul. Isaiah 61:1 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, John 3:34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. / And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” 1 John 2:20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. Treasury of Scripture You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Thou Psalm 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. Psalm 99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. hatest Psalm 101:3,4,8 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me… Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. God. Psalm 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. hath Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: Leviticus 8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. oil Psalm 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 1 Kings 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Jump to Previous Anointed Anointing Companions Evil Fellows Gladness Hate Hated Hater Hatest Head High Joy Loved Lover Oil Righteousness WickednessJump to Next Anointed Anointing Companions Evil Fellows Gladness Hate Hated Hater Hatest Head High Joy Loved Lover Oil Righteousness WickednessPsalm 45 1. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom10. The duty of the church, and the benefits thereof You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; The king’s character is marked by wholehearted devotion to what is just and true, together with rejection of evil. The words ultimately find their perfect fulfillment in Christ, whose life and judgment were without sin. Isa 61:8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery… therefore God, your God, has anointed you God publicly sets apart the righteous king for his appointed rule. The language reaches beyond an earthly royal ceremony to the Messiah, meaning “Anointed One,” who was commissioned by the Father to reign and accomplish salvation. Act 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit… above your companions The anointed king is raised above all others who share his royal setting. Christ surpasses every ruler and servant of God in authority, honor, and glory. Heb 1:4 So He became as far superior to the angels… with the oil of joy. The anointing signifies divine favor, celebration, and the joy of a victorious reign. Christ’s exaltation follows His faithful obedience and confirms the certainty of His kingdom. Heb 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;… Persons / Places / Events 1. The PsalmistThe author of Psalm 45, traditionally attributed to the sons of Korah, who composed this royal wedding song. 2. The King The primary subject of the psalm, often interpreted as a messianic figure, representing both an earthly king and prophetically pointing to Christ. 3. God The divine being who anoints the king, emphasizing the king's divine favor and authority. 4. Companions Those who are around the king, possibly referring to other rulers or leaders, highlighting the king's elevated status. 5. The Anointing A ceremonial act symbolizing the king's consecration and divine blessing, often associated with joy and favor. Teaching Points Righteousness and WickednessAs followers of Christ, we are called to love righteousness and hate wickedness, aligning our values with those of the anointed king. Divine Anointing Recognize that true joy and favor come from God's anointing, which empowers us to fulfill our God-given purposes. Christ's Supremacy Acknowledge Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of this psalm, whose anointing surpasses all others, and who reigns with righteousness. Joy in Obedience Understand that joy is a byproduct of living a life that pleases God, as seen in the anointing with the oil of joy. Role of the Holy Spirit Embrace the Holy Spirit's role in anointing and empowering believers to live righteously and joyfully. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Psalm 45:7?2. How does Psalm 45:7 emphasize the importance of loving righteousness in our lives? 3. What does "God, your God, has anointed you" reveal about divine authority? 4. How can we apply the concept of hating wickedness in our daily decisions? 5. Which New Testament passages parallel the themes found in Psalm 45:7? 6. How does Psalm 45:7 inspire us to pursue holiness and moral integrity? 7. How does Psalm 45:7 define righteousness and wickedness in a modern context? 8. Why is the anointing with the oil of joy significant in Psalm 45:7? 9. What historical context influenced the writing of Psalm 45:7? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Psalm 45? (7) The oil of gladness.--Comp. "oil of joy," Isaiah 61:3. Here too it may be merely employed as a figure of happiness, but the bath and, no doubt, subsequent anointing, formed part of the Oriental marriage proceedings. (See Arabian Nights, passim.) Fellows--i.e., the paranymphs, or attendants on the bridegroom. Verse 7. - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness, therefore, etc. God will only commit rule and authority over his Church to one who will rule justly - one who loves righteousness and hates iniquity. Messiah is alone perfect in righteousness, and therefore entitled to rule. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Some moderns translate, "Therefore, O God, thy God hath anointed thee," etc.; but the rendering of the Authorized Version is maintained by Dr. Kay, Professor Alexander, and our Revisers. The anointing intended is that outpouring of glory and blessedness on Messiah which followed upon his voluntary humiliation and suffering (comp. Philippians 2:9; Hebrews 2:9). Psalm 45:7 paints a vivid portrait of the Messiah: He passionately loves everything righteous, utterly rejects evil, receives the Father’s public endorsement, is uniquely anointed for His king-priest-prophet mission, stands exalted above every peer, and overflows with triumphant joy. Those united to Him share both His righteousness and His joy, living under the rule of the One whom God has anointed forever.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have lovedאָהַ֣בְתָּ (’ā·haḇ·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f righteousness צֶּדֶק֮ (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity and hated וַתִּשְׂנָ֫א (wat·tiś·nā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8130: To hate wickedness; רֶ֥שַׁע (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against God, אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative your God, אֱ֭לֹהֶיךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [has placed you above] your companions מֵֽחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃ (mê·ḥă·ḇê·re·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2270: United, associate, companion by anointing you מְשָׁחֲךָ֡ (mə·šā·ḥă·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint with the oil שֶׁ֥מֶן (še·men) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness of joy. שָׂשׂ֗וֹן (śā·śō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8342: Cheerfulness, welcome Additonal Resources Psalm 45:7 Blue Letter BiblePsalm 45:7 Bible Gateway Psalm 45:7 Bible.com Psalm 45:7 NIV |
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