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Psalms 45:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 45:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 45:78 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּסְאֲ/ךָ֣kisəʾăkā
throne yournounH3678
stool · throne
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עוֹלָ֣םʿwōlām
is forevernounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וָ/עֶ֑דwāʿed
and everconjH5703
ever(-lasting · -more) · old · perpetually ···
שֵׁ֥בֶטšēbeṭ
is a scepter ofnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
מִ֝ישֹׁ֗רmiyšōr
uprightnessnounH4334
even place · plain · right · straight ···
שֵׁ֣בֶטšēbeṭ
the scepter ofnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
מַלְכוּתֶֽ/ךָmaləkwtekā
kingdom yournounH4438
kingdom · realm · reign · royal
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 45:7

1. This Psalm, even as we ourselves have been singing with gladness together with you, we would beg you in like manner to consider with attention together with us. For it is sung of the sacred Marriage-feast; of the Bridegroom and the Bride; of the King and His people; of the Saviour and those who are to be saved....His sons are we, in that we are the “children of the Bridegroom;” and it is to us that this Psalm is addressed, whose title has the words, “For the sons of Korah,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 45 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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