Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 19:1 | [To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of Dauid.] The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke. |
| 19:2 | Day vnto day vttereth speach, and night vnto night sheweth knowledge. |
| 19:3 | There is no speach nor language, where their voyce is not heard. |
| 19:4 | Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world: In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sunne. |
| 19:5 | Which is as a bridegrome comming out of his chamber, and reioyceth as a strong man to runne a race. |
| 19:6 | His going forth is from the end of the heauen, and his circuite vnto the ends of it: and there is nothing hidde from the heat thereof. |
| 19:7 | The Law of the Lord is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. |
| 19:8 | The Statutes of the Lord are right, reioycing the heart: the Commandement of the Lord is pure, inlightning the eyes. |
| 19:9 | The feare of the Lord is cleane, enduring for euer: the Iudgements of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. |
| 19:10 | More to bee desired are they then gold, yea, then much fine gold: sweeter also then hony, and the hony combe. |
| 19:11 | Moreouer by them is thy seruant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. |
| 19:12 | Who can vnderstand his errours? cleanse thou me from secret faults. |
| 19:13 | Keepe back thy seruant also from presumptuous sinnes, let them not haue dominion ouer me: then shall I be vpright, and I shalbe innocent from the great transgression. |
| 19:14 | Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, bee acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength, and my redeemer. |
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.