Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 120:1 | When I was in trouble I called vpon God: and he hearde me |
| 120:2 | Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes: & from a deceiptful tongue |
| 120:3 | What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee |
| 120:4 | So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes: with Iuniper coales [powred on thy head. |
| 120:5 | Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech: and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar |
| 120:6 | My soule hath dwelt long: with hym that hateth peace |
| 120:7 | I am a man of peace: but because I do speake therof, they prepare them selues to battayle |
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.