Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 21:1 | The kyng ought to reioyce in thy strength O God: and he ought to be exceedyng glad of thy saluation |
| 21:2 | Thou hast geuen him his heartes desire: and hast not denied him the request of his lippes. Selah |
| 21:3 | For thou hast preuented him with good blessinges: and hast set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head |
| 21:4 | He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer |
| 21:5 | His honour is great through thy saluation: thou hast layde glorie and great worship vpon him |
| 21:6 | For thou hast placed him to be blessinges for euer: and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce |
| 21:7 | Because the king trusteth in God, and in the mercie of the most highest: he shal not miscarie |
| 21:8 | Thine hande wyll finde out all thine enemies: thy right hande wyll finde out them that hate thee |
| 21:9 | Thou wilt make them like a burnyng furnace in tyme of thy furie: God wyll destroy them in his wrath, and fire shall consume them |
| 21:10 | Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth: and their seede from among the children of men |
| 21:11 | For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not [bring it to passe. |
| 21:12 | Therfore thou wilt put them to flight: and direct thine arrowes agaynst their faces |
| 21:13 | Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might: so we wyll sing, and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power |
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.