Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 4:1 | Heare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse: thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse |
| 4:2 | O ye sonnes of men, how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion? ye loue vanitie, ye seeke after lyes. Selah |
| 4:3 | For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly man: God wyl heare when I call vnto hym |
| 4:4 | Be ye angry, but sinne not: commune with your owne heart in your chaumber, and be styll. Selah |
| 4:5 | Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse: and put your trust in God |
| 4:6 | There be many that say, who wyll shewe vs any good? O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs |
| 4:7 | Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart: since the time that their corne and wine increased |
| 4:8 | I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest: for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie |
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.