Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 143:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] Heare my prayer, O Lord, giue eare to my supplications: in thy faithfulnesse answere me, and in thy righteousnes. |
| 143:2 | And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified. |
| 143:3 | For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my life downe to the ground: hee hath made mee to dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue bene long dead. |
| 143:4 | Therefore is my spirit ouerwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate. |
| 143:5 | I remember the dayes of old, I meditate on all thy workes: I muse on the worke of thy hands. |
| 143:6 | I stretch forth my hands vnto thee: my soule thirsteth after thee, as a thirstie land, Selah. |
| 143:7 | Heare me speedily, O Lord, my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from mee: lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit. |
| 143:8 | Cause mee to heare thy louing kindnesse in the morning, for in thee doe I trust, cause mee to knowe the way wherein I should walke: for I lift vp my soule vnto thee. |
| 143:9 | Deliuer mee, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flie vnto thee to hide me. |
| 143:10 | Teach me to doe thy will, for thou art my God, thy spirit is good: leade me into the land of vprightnesse. |
| 143:11 | Quicken me, O Lord, for thy names sake: for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble. |
| 143:12 | And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soule: for I am thy seruant. |
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.