1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions 1 with the oil of rejoicing.” 2
1 sn God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.
2 sn A quotation from Ps 45:6-7.
3 tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.