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Bishops Bible 1568
| 64:1 | O that thou wouldest cleaue the heauens in sunder & come downe, that the mountaines might melt away at thy presence |
| 64:2 | Like as at an hotte fire, and that the malitious might boyle away as the water doth vpon the fire: whereby thy name might be knowen among thyne enemies, and that the gentiles might tremble before thee |
| 64:3 | When thou wroughtest wonderous straunge workes, we looked not for them: thou camest downe, and the hilles melted at thy presence |
| 64:4 | For since the beginning of the worlde it hath not ben hearde or perceaued, neither hath any eye seene another God beside thee, whiche doest so muche for them that put their trust in thee |
| 64:5 | Thou helpest hym that doth right with chearefulnesse, and them that thinke vpon thee in thy wayes: but lo, thou hast ben angrie, for we offended, and haue ben euer in sinne, though the worlde hath cleaued to them, yet shall we be saued |
| 64:6 | We are all as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesse are as tilthy ragges: we fal euerychone as the leafe, for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde |
| 64:7 | There is no man that calleth vpon thy name, that standeth vp to take hold by thee: therefore hidest thou thy face from vs, and consumest vs, because of our sinnes |
| 64:8 | But nowe, O Lorde, thou father of ours, we are thy clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thy handes |
| 64:9 | Be not to sore displeased O Lord, and kepe not our offences to long in thy remembraunce: but consider that we all are thy people |
| 64:10 | The cities of thy sanctuarie lye waste, Sion is a wildernesse, and Hierusalem a desert |
| 64:11 | Our holy house whiche is our beautie where our fathers praysed thee, is brent vp: yea, all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away |
| 64:12 | Wylt thou not be intreated O Lorde, for all this wylt thou holde thy peace, and scourge vs so sore |
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.