Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 25:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] Vnto thee, O Lord, doe I lift vp my soule. |
| 25:2 | O my God, I trust in thee, let me not be ashamed: let not mine enemies triumph ouer me. |
| 25:3 | Yea let none that waite on thee, be ashamed: let them bee ashamed which transgresse without cause. |
| 25:4 | Shewe mee thy wayes, O Lord: teach me thy pathes. |
| 25:5 | Lead me in thy trueth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my saluation, on thee doe I waite all the day. |
| 25:6 | Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesses: for they haue beene euer of old. |
| 25:7 | Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercie remember thou me, for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord. |
| 25:8 | Good and vpright is the Lord: therefore will hee teach sinners in the way. |
| 25:9 | The meeke will he guide in iudgement: and the meeke will he teach his way. |
| 25:10 | All the pathes of the Lord are mercy and truth: vnto such as keepe his couenant, and his testimonies. |
| 25:11 | For thy names sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquitie: for it is great. |
| 25:12 | What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse. |
| 25:13 | His soule shall dwell at ease: and his seede shall inherite the earth. |
| 25:14 | The secret of the Lord is with them that feare him: and he will shew them his couenant. |
| 25:15 | Mine eyes are euer towards the Lord: for hee shall plucke my feete out of the net. |
| 25:16 | Turne thee vnto me, and haue mercy vpon me: for I am desolate and afflicted. |
| 25:17 | The troubles of my heart are inlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. |
| 25:18 | Looke vpon mine affliction, aud my paine, and forgiue all my sinnes. |
| 25:19 | Consider mine enemies: for they are many, and they hate me with cruell hatred. |
| 25:20 | O keepe my soule and deliuer me: let me not bee ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. |
| 25:21 | Let integritie and vprightnesse preserue me: for I wait on thee. |
| 25:22 | Redeeme Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. |
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.