Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 54:1 | Saue me O Lorde for thy name sake: iudge me accordyng to thy mightie power |
| 54:2 | Heare my prayer O Lord: and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth |
| 54:3 | For straungers are rysen vp against me: and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes, seeke after my soule. Selah |
| 54:4 | Behold, God is an ayde vnto me: the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule |
| 54:5 | He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies: destroy thou them according to thy trueth |
| 54:6 | I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with a true wyllyng heart: I wyll confesse thy name O God, because it is good |
| 54:7 | For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble: and mine eye hath seene auengaunce vpon mine enemies |
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.