Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 41:1 | To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shall deliuer him in ye time of trouble. |
| 41:2 | The Lord will keepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies. |
| 41:3 | The Lord wil strengthen him vpon ye bed of sorow: thou hast turned al his bed in his sicknes. |
| 41:4 | Therefore I saide, Lord haue mercie vpon me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned against thee. |
| 41:5 | Mine enemies speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish? |
| 41:6 | And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it. |
| 41:7 | All they that hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt. |
| 41:8 | A mischiefe is light vpon him, and he that lyeth, shall no more rise. |
| 41:9 | Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me. |
| 41:10 | Therefore, O Lord, haue mercy vpon mee, and raise me vp: so I shall reward them. |
| 41:11 | By this I know that thou fauourest me, because mine enemie doth not triumph against me. |
| 41:12 | And as for me, thou vpholdest me in mine integritie, and doest set me before thy face for euer. |
| 41:13 | Blessed be the Lord God of Israel worlde without ende. So be it, euen so be it. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.