Bible verse
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Psalm 45:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 45.
3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
KJV
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
ASV
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
ERV
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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