Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 147:1 | Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises vnto our God: for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. |
| 147:2 | The Lord doeth build vp Ierusalem: he gathereth together the out-casts of Israel. |
| 147:3 | Hee healeth the broken in heart: and bindeth vp their wounds. |
| 147:4 | He telleth the number of the stars: he calleth them all by their names. |
| 147:5 | Great is our Lord, and of great power: his vnderstanding is infinite. |
| 147:6 | The Lord lifteth vp the meeke: hee casteth the wicked downe to the ground. |
| 147:7 | Sing vnto the Lord with thankesgiuing: sing prayse vpon the harpe vnto our God: |
| 147:8 | Who couereth the heauen with cloudes, who prepareth raine for the earth: who maketh grasse to growe vpon the mountaines. |
| 147:9 | He giueth to the beast his foode: and to the yong rauens which crie. |
| 147:10 | Hee delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. |
| 147:11 | The Lord taketh pleasure in them that feare him: in those that hope in his mercie. |
| 147:12 | Praise the Lord, O Ierusalem: praise thy God, O Zion. |
| 147:13 | For hee hath strengthened the barres of thy gates: hee hath blessed thy children within thee. |
| 147:14 | He maketh peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the finest of the wheate. |
| 147:15 | He sendeth forth his commandement vpon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. |
| 147:16 | He giueth snow like wooll: he scattereth the hoare frost like ashes. |
| 147:17 | He casteth forth his yce like morsels: who can stand before his cold? |
| 147:18 | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
| 147:19 | He sheweth his word vnto Iacob: his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israel. |
| 147:20 | He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his iudgements, they haue not knowen them. Praise yee the Lord. |
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.