Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 30:1 | The title of the thrittithe salm. To victorie, the salm of Dauid. |
| 30:2 | Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende; delyuere thou me in thi riytfulnesse. |
| 30:3 | Bouwe doun thin eere to me; haaste thou to delyuere me. Be thou to me in to God defendere, and in to an hows of refuyt; that thou make me saaf. |
| 30:4 | For thou art my strengthe and my refuyt; and for thi name thou schalt lede me forth, and schalt nurische me. |
| 30:5 | Thou schalt lede me out of the snare, which thei hidden to me; for thou art my defendere. |
| 30:6 | I bitake my spirit in to thin hondis; Lord God of treuthe, thou hast ayen bouyt me. |
| 30:7 | Thou hatist hem that kepen vanytees superfluli. |
| 30:8 | Forsothe Y hopide in the Lord; Y schal haue fulli ioie, and schal be glad in thi merci. For thou byheldist my mekenesse; thou sauedist my lijf fro nedis. |
| 30:9 | And thou closidist not me togidere withynne the hondis of the enemy; thou hast sett my feet in a large place. |
| 30:10 | Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y am troblid; myn iye is troblid in ire, my soule and my wombe `ben troblid. |
| 30:11 | For whi my lijf failide in sorewe; and my yeeris in weilynges. Mi vertu is maad feble in pouert; and my boonys ben disturblid. |
| 30:12 | Ouer alle myn enemyes Y am maad schenship greetli to my neiyboris; and drede to my knowun. Thei that sien me with outforth, fledden fro me; Y am youun to foryetyng, |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.