Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

And thou, Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands;

they shall perish, but thou shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment,

and like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail.

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

Thou didst make him a little lower than angels, thou didst crown him with glory and honor,

thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

as also in another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedec.

Wherefore, coming into the world, he says, A sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body didst thou prepare me.

Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wast not pleased with;

Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law,