Messianic Enthronement.^* 5For to which of the angels did God ever say:

“You are my son; this day I have begotten you”?^d

Or again:

“I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me”?

6And again, when he leads^* the first-born into the world, he says:

“Let all the angels of God worship him.”^e

7Of the angels he says:

“He makes his angels winds

and his ministers a fiery flame”;^f

8but of the Son:

“Your throne, O God,^* stands forever and ever;

and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.^g

9You loved justice and hated wickedness;

therefore God, your God, anointed you

with the oil of gladness above your companions”;

10and:

“At the beginning, O Lord, you established the earth,^h

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

11They will perish, but you remain;

and they will all grow old like a garment.

12You will roll them up like a cloak,

and like a garment they will be changed.

But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”

13But to which of the angels has he ever said:

“Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies your footstool”?ⁱ

14Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?^j