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Bishops Bible 1568
| 41:1 | Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble |
| 41:2 | God wyll preserue hym & kepe him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou O God wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies |
| 41:3 | God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed: thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse |
| 41:4 | I sayde, O God be mercifull vnto me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned agaynst thee |
| 41:5 | Myne enemies speake euyl of me: when shall he dye, and his name perishe |
| 41:6 | But yf any of them came to visite me, he spake vanitie: his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe, & when he came foorth a doores he vttered it |
| 41:7 | All they that hated me whispered together: they imagined euyl agaynst me |
| 41:8 | They sayde some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym: and he that lyeth sicke on his bed, shall ryse vp no more |
| 41:9 | Yea besides this, euen myne owne friende whom I trusted: which dyd also eate of my bread, hath kicked very much agaynst me |
| 41:10 | But be thou mercifull vnto me O God: rayse me vp agayne, and I shall rewarde them |
| 41:11 | By this I knowe thou fauouredst me: in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me |
| 41:12 | And when I am in my best case, thou vpholdest me: and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer |
| 41:13 | Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel: worlde without ende, Amen, Amen |
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.