Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 11:1 | In God I put my trust: howe say ye then to my soule, that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll |
| 11:2 | For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart |
| 11:3 | For if the foundations shalbe caste downe: what must the righteous do |
| 11:4 | But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men |
| 11:5 | God wyll trye the righteous: but his soule abhorreth the vngodly, and hym that delighteth in wickednes |
| 11:6 | Upon ye vngodly he wyl rayne snares, fire and brimstone: and tempestious stormes shalbe their portion to drinke |
| 11:7 | For God most righteous, loueth righteousnes: his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.