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Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 7:1 | Shigaion of Dauid, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the wordes of Chush the sonne of Iemini. O Lord my God, in thee I put my trust: saue me from all that persecute me, and deliuer me, |
| 7:2 | Least he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe. |
| 7:3 | O Lord my God, if I haue done this thing, if there be any wickednes in mine handes, |
| 7:4 | If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause) |
| 7:5 | Then let the enemie persecute my soule and take it: yea, let him treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. |
| 7:6 | Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift vp thy selfe against the rage of mine enemies, and awake for mee according to the iudgement that thou hast appointed. |
| 7:7 | So shall the Congregation of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore returne on hie. |
| 7:8 | The Lord shall iudge the people: Iudge thou me, O Lord, according to my righteousnesse, and according to mine innocencie, that is in mee. |
| 7:9 | Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines. |
| 7:10 | My defence is in God, who preserueth the vpright in heart. |
| 7:11 | God iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God euery day. |
| 7:12 | Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie. |
| 7:13 | Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me. |
| 7:14 | Beholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye. |
| 7:15 | Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made. |
| 7:16 | His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate. |
| 7:17 | I wil praise the Lord according to his righteousnes, and will sing praise to the Name of the Lord most high. |
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.