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Bishops Bible 1568
| 37:1 | Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers |
| 37:2 | For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe |
| 37:3 | Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth |
| 37:4 | Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire |
| 37:5 | Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe |
| 37:6 | He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde |
| 37:7 | Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations |
| 37:8 | Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill |
| 37:9 | For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande |
| 37:10 | Looke at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be [there |
| 37:11 | But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace |
| 37:12 | The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth |
| 37:13 | The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming |
| 37:14 | The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation |
| 37:15 | But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken |
| 37:16 | A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly |
| 37:17 | For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous |
| 37:18 | God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer |
| 37:19 | They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough |
| 37:20 | As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away |
| 37:21 | The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally |
| 37:22 | Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out |
| 37:23 | The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth |
| 37:24 | Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande |
| 37:25 | I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread |
| 37:26 | The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed |
| 37:27 | Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer |
| 37:28 | For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp |
| 37:29 | The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer |
| 37:30 | The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement |
| 37:31 | The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide |
| 37:32 | The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym |
| 37:33 | God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged |
| 37:34 | Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it |
| 37:35 | I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree |
| 37:36 | And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde |
| 37:37 | Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace |
| 37:38 | As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed all together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last |
| 37:39 | But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble |
| 37:40 | And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him |
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.