Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 116:1 | I loue the Lord: because hee hath heard my voice, & my supplications. |
| 116:2 | Because hee hath inclined his eare vnto mee: therefore will I call vpon him as long as I liue. |
| 116:3 | The sorrowes of death compassed me, and the paines of hell gate hold vpon me: I found trouble and sorrow. |
| 116:4 | Then called I vpon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee deliuer my soule. |
| 116:5 | Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea our God is mercifull. |
| 116:6 | The Lord preserueth the simple: I was brought low, and hee helped me. |
| 116:7 | Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. |
| 116:8 | For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling. |
| 116:9 | I wil walke before the Lord: in the land of the liuing. |
| 116:10 | I beleeued, therfore haue I spoken: I was greatly afflicted. |
| 116:11 | I said in my haste: All men are lyers. |
| 116:12 | What shall I render vnto the Lord: for all his benefits towards mee? |
| 116:13 | I will take the cup of saluation: and call vpon the Name of the Lord. |
| 116:14 | I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord: now in the presence of all his people. |
| 116:15 | Precious in ye sight of the Lord: is the death of his Saints. |
| 116:16 | Oh Lord, truely I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thy handmayde: thou hast loosed my bonds. |
| 116:17 | I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thankes-giuing: and will call vpon the Name of the Lord. |
| 116:18 | I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord: now in the presence of all his people: |
| 116:19 | In the Courts of the Lords house, in the middes of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.