World English Bible
Psalms 45:7
“You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
Verse in context — Psalms 45
5
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.
6
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
7
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
8
All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
9
Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
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