Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 72:1 | [A Psalme for Solomon.] Giue the King thy Iudgements, O God, and thy Righteousnesse vnto the Kings sonne. |
| 72:2 | Hee shall iudge thy people with righteousnesse, and thy poore with iudgement. |
| 72:3 | The mountaines shal bring peace to the people, and the litle hils, by righteousnesse. |
| 72:4 | Hee shall iudge the poore of the people, he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall breake in pieces the oppressour. |
| 72:5 | They shall feare thee as long as the Sunne & Moone indure, throughout all generations. |
| 72:6 | Hee shall come downe like raine vpon the mowen grasse: as showres that water the earth. |
| 72:7 | In his dayes shall the righteous flourish: and abundance of peace so long as the Moone endureth. |
| 72:8 | He shall haue dominion also from sea to sea, and from the riuer, vnto the ends of the earth. |
| 72:9 | They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bowe before him: and his enemies shall licke the dust. |
| 72:10 | The kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. |
| 72:11 | Yea, all Kings shall fall downe before him: all nations shall serue him. |
| 72:12 | For hee shall deliuer the needy when he crieth: the poore also, and him that hath no helper. |
| 72:13 | He shal spare the poore and needy, and shall saue the soules of the needy. |
| 72:14 | He shall redeeme their soule from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. |
| 72:15 | And he shall liue, and to him shalbe giuen of the gold of Sheba; prayer also shalbe made for him continually, and daily shall he be praised. |
| 72:16 | There shalbe an handfull of corne in the earth vpon the top of the mountaines; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the citie shall flourish like grasse of the earth. |
| 72:17 | His name shall endure for euer: his name shalbe continued as long as the sunne: and men shalbe blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed. |
| 72:18 | Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doth wonderous things. |
| 72:19 | And blessed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen. |
| 72:20 | The prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse, are ended. |
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.