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King James Bible 1611
| 103:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] Blesse the Lord, O my soule: and all that is within me, blesse his holy Name. |
| 103:2 | Blesse the Lord, O my soule: & forget not all his benefits. |
| 103:3 | Who forgiueth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases. |
| 103:4 | Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with louing kindnesse and tender mercies. |
| 103:5 | Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: so that thy youth is renewed like the Eagles. |
| 103:6 | The Lord executeth righteousnesse: and iudgement for all that are oppressed. |
| 103:7 | He made knowen his wayes vnto Moses: his actes vnto the children of Israel. |
| 103:8 | The Lord is mercifull and gracious: slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. |
| 103:9 | Hee will not alwayes chide: neither will he keepe his anger for euer. |
| 103:10 | Hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes: nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities. |
| 103:11 | For as the heauen is high aboue the earth: so great is his mercy toward them that feare him. |
| 103:12 | As farre as the East is from the West: so farre hath hee remooued our transgressions from vs. |
| 103:13 | Like as a father pitieth his children: so the Lord pitieth them that feare him. |
| 103:14 | For he knoweth our frame: hee remembreth that we are dust. |
| 103:15 | As for man, his dayes are as grasse: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. |
| 103:16 | For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. |
| 103:17 | But the mercy of the Lord is from euerlasting to euerlasting vpon them that feare him: and his righteousnesse vnto childrens children: |
| 103:18 | To such as keepe his couenant: and to those that remember his commandements to doe them. |
| 103:19 | The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heauens: and his kingdome ruleth ouer all. |
| 103:20 | Blesse the Lord yee his Angels, that excell in strength, that do his commandements: hearkening vnto the voice of his word. |
| 103:21 | Blesse ye the Lord all yee his hostes: ye ministers of his that doe his pleasure. |
| 103:22 | Blesse the Lord all his works in all places of his dominion: blesse the Lord, O my soule. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.