Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 136:1 | O giue thankes vnto the Lord, for hee is good: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:2 | O giue thankes vnto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:3 | O giue thankes to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:4 | To him who alone doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:5 | To him that by wisedome made the heauens: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:6 | To him that stretched out the earth aboue the waters: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:7 | To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:8 | The sunne to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:9 | The moone and starres to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:10 | To him that smote Egypt in their first borne: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:11 | And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:12 | With a strong hand and with a stretched out arme: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:13 | To him which diuided the red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:14 | And made Israel to passe through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:15 | But ouerthrewe Pharaoh and his hoste in the red sea: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:16 | To him which led his people through the wildernesse: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:17 | To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:18 | And slue famous kings: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:19 | Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:20 | And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:21 | And gaue their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:22 | Euen an heritage vnto Israel his seruant: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:23 | Who remembred vs in our lowe estate: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:24 | And hath redeemed vs from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:25 | Who giueth foode to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for euer. |
| 136:26 | O giue thankes vnto the God of heauen: for his mercy 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.