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Bishops Bible 1568
| 50:1 | The most mightie Lorde God hath spoken: and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne, vnto the goyng downe therof |
| 50:2 | Out of Sion: hath the Lorde appeared in perfect beautie |
| 50:3 | Our Lorde commeth, and he wyll not kepe scilence: there goeth before hym a consumyng fire, and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym |
| 50:4 | He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth: that he may iudge his people |
| 50:5 | Gather my saintes together vnto me: those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice |
| 50:6 | And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah |
| 50:7 | Heare O my people, and I wil speake: I my selfe wyll testifie vnto thee O Israel, I am the Lorde, euen thy Lorde |
| 50:8 | I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt offerynges: for that they be not alway before me |
| 50:9 | I wyll take no bullocke out of thy house: nor goates out of thy foldes |
| 50:10 | For all the beastes of the forest are myne: and so are the cattel vpon a thousande hylles |
| 50:11 | I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes: and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement |
| 50:12 | If I be hungry, I wyll not tell thee: for the whole worlde is myne, and all that is therin |
| 50:13 | Thinkest thou that I will eate bulles fleshe: and drynke the blood of goates |
| 50:14 | Offer vnto God prayse: and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest |
| 50:15 | And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble: I wyll heare thee, and thou shalt glorifie me |
| 50:16 | But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth |
| 50:17 | Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee |
| 50:18 | When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers |
| 50:19 | Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt |
| 50:20 | Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne |
| 50:21 | These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue, thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art: but I wyll reproue thee, and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes [all that thou hast done. |
| 50:22 | Consider this I pray you, ye that forget the Lorde: lest I plucke you away, and there be none to delyuer you |
| 50:23 | Who so offereth vnto me thankes and prayse, he honoureth me: and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght, I wyll shewe the saluation of God |
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.