King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 45:7
“Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
Verse in context — Psalms 45
5
Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
6
Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8
All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9
Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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