Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 16:1 | [Michtam of Dauid.] Preserue me, O God: for in thee doe I put my trust. |
| 16:2 | O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodnes extendeth not to thee: |
| 16:3 | But to the Saints, that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. |
| 16:4 | Their sorrowes shalbe multiplied, that hasten after another God: their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take vp their names into my lippes. |
| 16:5 | The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. |
| 16:6 | The lines are fallen vnto mee in pleasant places; yea, I haue a goodly heritage. |
| 16:7 | I will blesse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also instruct me in the night seasons. |
| 16:8 | I haue set the Lord alwaies before me: because hee is at my right hand, I shall not be moued. |
| 16:9 | Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory reioyceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. |
| 16:10 | For thou wilt not leaue my soule in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. |
| 16:11 | Thou wilt shewe me the path of life: in thy presence is fulnesse of ioy, at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore. |
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.