Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 111:1 | Praise yee the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: in the assembly of the vpright, and in the Congregation. |
| 111:2 | The workes of the Lord are great: sought out of all them that haue pleasure therein. |
| 111:3 | His worke is honourable and glorious: and his righteousnesse endureth for euer. |
| 111:4 | Hee hath made his wonderfull works to be remembred: the Lord is gracious, and full of compassion. |
| 111:5 | He hath giuen meate vnto them that feare him: he will euer be mindfull of his couenant. |
| 111:6 | He hath shewed his people the power of his workes: that he may giue them the heritage of the heathen. |
| 111:7 | The works of his hands are veritie and iudgment: all his commandements are sure. |
| 111:8 | They stand fast for euer and euer: and are done in trueth and vprightnes. |
| 111:9 | He sent redemption vnto his people, hee hath commanded his couenant for euer: holy and reuerend is his Name. |
| 111:10 | The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome, a good vnderstanding haue all they that doe his commandements: his praise endureth for euer. |
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.