Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 27:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] The Lord is my light, and my saluation, whome shal I feare? the Lord is the strength of my life, of who shall I be afraid? |
| 27:2 | When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eat vp my flesh, they stumbled and fell. |
| 27:3 | Though an host should encampe against me, my heart shall not feare: though warre should rise against me, in this will I be confident. |
| 27:4 | One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that will I seeke after: that I may dwel in the house of the Lord, all the dayes of my life, to behold the beautie of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. |
| 27:5 | For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pauilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me, hee shall set me vp vpon a rocke. |
| 27:6 | And now shall mine head be lifted vp aboue mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of ioy, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises vnto the Lord. |
| 27:7 | Heare, O Lord, when I crie with my voice: haue mercie also vpon mee, and answere me. |
| 27:8 | When thou saidst, Seeke ye my face, my heart said vnto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seeke. |
| 27:9 | Hide not thy face farre fro me, put not thy seruant away in anger: thou hast bin my helpe, leaue me not, neither forsake me, O God of my saluation. |
| 27:10 | When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me vp. |
| 27:11 | Teach me thy way, O Lord, and leade me in a plaine path, because of mine enemies. |
| 27:12 | Deliuer me not ouer vnto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen vp against me, and such as breath out crueltie. |
| 27:13 | I had fainted, vnlesse I had beleeued to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the liuing. |
| 27:14 | Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on 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.