Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 25:1 | A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, lift I vp my soule. |
| 25:2 | My God, I trust in thee: let me not be confounded: let not mine enemies reioyce ouer mee. |
| 25:3 | So all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause. |
| 25:4 | Shew me thy waies, O Lord, and teache me thy paths. |
| 25:5 | Leade me foorth in thy trueth, and teache me: for thou art the God of my saluation: in thee doe I trust all the day. |
| 25:6 | Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse: for they haue beene for euer. |
| 25:7 | Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my rebellions, but according to thy kindenesse remember thou me, euen for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord. |
| 25:8 | Gracious and righteous is the Lord: therefore will he teache sinners in the way. |
| 25:9 | Them that be meeke, will hee guide in iudgement, and teach the humble his way. |
| 25:10 | All the pathes of the Lord are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies. |
| 25:11 | For thy Names sake, O Lord, be merciful vnto mine iniquitie, for it is great. |
| 25:12 | What man is he that feareth the Lord? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse. |
| 25:13 | His soule shall dwell at ease, and his seede shall inherite the land. |
| 25:14 | The secrete of the Lord is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding. |
| 25:15 | Mine eyes are euer towarde the Lord: for he will bring my feete out of the net. |
| 25:16 | Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore. |
| 25:17 | The sorowes of mine heart are enlarged: drawe me out of my troubles. |
| 25:18 | Looke vpon mine affliction and my trauel, and forgiue all my sinnes. |
| 25:19 | Beholde mine enemies, for they are manie, and they hate me with cruell hatred. |
| 25:20 | Keepe my soule, and deliuer me: let me not be confounded, for I trust in thee. |
| 25:21 | Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee. |
| 25:22 | Deliuer Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.