Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 122:1 | [A song of degrees of Dauid.] I was glad when they sayd vnto me: Let vs goe into the house of the Lord. |
| 122:2 | Our feete shall stand within thy gates, O Ierusalem. |
| 122:3 | Ierusalem is builded as a citie, that is compact together: |
| 122:4 | Whither the tribes goe vp, the tribes of the Lord, vnto the testimonie of Israel: to giue thankes vnto the name of the Lord. |
| 122:5 | For there are set thrones of iudgment: the thrones of the house of Dauid. |
| 122:6 | Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: they shall prosper that loue thee. |
| 122:7 | Peace be within thy walles: and prosperitie within thy palaces. |
| 122:8 | For my brethren and companions sakes: I will now say, Peace be within thee. |
| 122:9 | Because of the house of the Lord our God: I will seeke thy good. |
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.