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title: Psalms 45:7
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/psalms-45-7/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/psalms-45-7.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Psalms 45:7
testament: OT
section: Poetry
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Psalms 45:7

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

## NWT Wording of the Key Phrase

- NWT (2013 revision): "You loved righteousness, and you hated wickedness. That is why God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of exultation more than your companions."

## JW Usage

Psalm 45:7 is acknowledged in JW publications as a Messianic passage — the king is anointed by "God, your God." The Watchtower reads "God, your God" as evidence that the Messianic king is subordinate to a higher God; the king has a God above him, therefore the king is not God. The verse is also used to support the JW reading of Hebrews 1:8 (which quotes Psalm 45:6) where the NWT renders "God is your throne" rather than "your throne, O God" — keeping Jesus subordinate.

## Protestant Usage

Psalm 45:6-7 is a single Messianic unit. Verse 6 addresses the king as "God" ("your throne, O God, is forever and ever") and verse 7 names the king's relationship to "God, your God." The two verses are not contradictory — they are the Trinitarian pattern: the Son is addressed as God (v. 6) AND has God as his Father (v. 7). Pair with Hebrews 1:8-9 (which quotes both verses and applies them to Christ — the Father directly addresses the Son as "God" in v. 8, and v. 9 describes the same Son anointed by "God, your God"). The NWT's "God is your throne" rendering at Hebrews 1:8 is the load-bearing translation choice that preserves the Arian reading; standard English translations preserve "your throne, O God." Read Psalm 45:7 in the Father-Son framework Philippians 2:6-11 establishes: the Son was in the form of God, emptied himself, and was exalted by God his Father — same person, two relationships, no contradiction.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [The Father Calls the Son 'God'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/hebrews1-8-throne.md) — Hebrews 1:8 quoting Psalm 45:6 [Deity of Christ]