Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 59:1 | Deliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde: defende me fro them that rise vp against me |
| 59:2 | Deliuer me from the workers of iniquitie: and saue me from the blood thirstie men |
| 59:3 | For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God |
| 59:4 | When no fault is done, they runne and set them selues in order: arise to meete me and beholde |
| 59:5 | And thou O God Lorde of hoastes, Lorde of Israel: awake to visite all Heathen, and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice. Selah |
| 59:6 | They go to and from at euening: they barke lyke a dogge, and runne about through the citie |
| 59:7 | Behold they speake with their mouth, swordes are in their lippes: for say they who doth heare [vs? |
| 59:8 | But thou O God wylt haue them in derision: thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne |
| 59:9 | I wyl reserue his strength for thee: for thou O Lorde art my refuge |
| 59:10 | My mercifull Lord wyll preuent me: the Lord will let me see my desire vpon mine enemies |
| 59:11 | Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes, and put them downe O God our defence |
| 59:12 | The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth: O let them be taken in their pryde, for they speake nothing but curses and lies |
| 59:13 | Consume them in thy wrath, consume them that nothing of them remayne: and let them knowe that it is the Lord that ruleth in Iacob, & vnto the endes of the worlde. Selah |
| 59:14 | And let them gad vp and downe at euening: let them barke lyke a dogge, and go about the citie |
| 59:15 | Let them runne here and there for meate: and go to bed if they be not satisfied |
| 59:16 | As for me I wyll sing of thy power, and wyll prayse thy louing kindnes betimes in the morning: for thou hast ben my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble |
| 59:17 | Unto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes: for thou O Lorde art my refuge, and my mercyfull Lorde |
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.