Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 26:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] Iudge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine integritie: I haue trusted also in the Lord: therfore I shall not slide. |
| 26:2 | Examine me, O Lord, and proue me; try my reines and my heart. |
| 26:3 | For thy louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: and I haue walked in thy trueth. |
| 26:4 | I haue not sate with vaine persons, neither will I goe in with dissemblers. |
| 26:5 | I haue hated the congregation of euill doers: and will not sit with the wicked. |
| 26:6 | I will wash mine hands in innocencie: so will I compasse thine Altar, O Lord: |
| 26:7 | That I may publish with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and tell of all thy wonderous workes. |
| 26:8 | Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. |
| 26:9 | Gather not my soule with sinners, nor my life with bloody men. |
| 26:10 | In whose hands is mischiefe: and their right hand is full of bribes. |
| 26:11 | But as for mee, I will walke in mine integritie: redeeme me, and bee mercifull vnto me. |
| 26:12 | My foot standeth in an euen place: in the congregations will I blesse 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.