Hebrews 1:9

thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee — God, thy God — with oil of gladness above thy partners;'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8and unto the Son: 'Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age; a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy reign;

10and, 'Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:

Psalms 11:5Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

Psalms 33:5Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

Psalms 40:8To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law [is] within my heart.

Psalms 89:20I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.

Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 1:5-14

The Dignity of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a… Read the whole commentary →

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