Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 38:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid, to bring to remembrance.] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 38:2 | For thine arrowes sticke fast in me; and thy hand presseth me sore. |
| 38:3 | There is no soundnesse in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sinne. |
| 38:4 | For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head: as an heauy burden, they are too heauie for me. |
| 38:5 | My wounds stinke, and are corrupt: because of my foolishnesse. |
| 38:6 | I am troubled, I am bowed downe greatly; I goe mourning all the day long. |
| 38:7 | For my loynes are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundnesse in my flesh. |
| 38:8 | I am feeble and sore broken; I haue roared by reason of the disquietnesse of my heart. |
| 38:9 | Lord, all my desire is before thee: and my groning is not hid from thee. |
| 38:10 | My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eies, it also is gone from me. |
| 38:11 | My louers and my friends stand a loofe from my sore: and my kinsmen stand a farre off. |
| 38:12 | They also that seeke after my life, lay snares for me: and they that seeke my hurt, speake mischieuous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. |
| 38:13 | But I, as a deafe man, heard not; and I was as a dumbe man that openeth not his mouth. |
| 38:14 | Thus I was as a man that heareth not; and in whose mouth are no reproofes. |
| 38:15 | For in thee, O Lord, doe I hope: thou wilt heare, O Lord my God. |
| 38:16 | For I said, heare me, least otherwise they should reioyce ouer me: when my foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues against me. |
| 38:17 | For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. |
| 38:18 | For I will declare mine iniquitie; I will be sory for my sinne. |
| 38:19 | But mine enemies are liuely, and they are strong: and they that hate mee wrongfully, are multiplied. |
| 38:20 | They also that render euill for good, are mine aduersaries: because I follow the thing that good is. |
| 38:21 | Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not farre from me. |
| 38:22 | Make haste to helpe mee, O Lord my saluation. |
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.