Hebrews 1:9

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

8But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

10And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.

Psalms 11:5For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

Psalms 33:5He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

Psalms 40:8then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me

Psalms 89:20Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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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