Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 32:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid, Maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiuen, whose sinne is couered. |
| 32:2 | Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquitie: and in whose spirit there is no guile. |
| 32:3 | When I kept silence, my bones waxed old; through my roaring all the day long. |
| 32:4 | For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. |
| 32:5 | I acknowledged my sin vnto thee, and mine iniquitie haue I not hid: I said, I will confesse my transgressions vnto the Lord; and thou forgauest the iniquitie of my sinne. Selah. |
| 32:6 | For this shall euery one that is godly pray vnto thee, in a time when thou mayest bee found: surely in the floods of great waters, they shall not come nigh vnto him. |
| 32:7 | Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt preserue mee from trouble: thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliuerance. Selah. |
| 32:8 | I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt goe: I will guide thee with mine eye. |
| 32:9 | Be yee not as the horse, or as the mule which haue no vnderstanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, least they come neere vnto thee. |
| 32:10 | Many sorrowes shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compasse him about. |
| 32:11 | Be glad in the Lord, and reioyce yee righteous: and shout for ioy all ye that are vpright in heart. |
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.