Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 44:1 | The title of the foure and fourtithe salm. To the ouercomere for the lilies, the most loued song of lernyng of the sones of Chore. |
| 44:2 | Myn herte hath teld out a good word; Y seie my workis `to the kyng. Mi tunge is `a penne of a writere; writynge swiftli. |
| 44:3 | Crist, thou art fairer in schap than the sones of men; grace is spred abrood in thi lippis; therfor God blessid thee withouten ende. |
| 44:4 | Be thou gird with thi swerd; on thi hipe most myytili. |
| 44:5 | Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse and thi fairnesse; come thou forth with prosperite, and regne thou. For treuthe, and myldenesse, and riytfulnesse; and thi riyt hond schal lede forth thee wondurfuli. |
| 44:6 | Thi scharpe arowis schulen falle in to the hertis of the enemyes of the kyng; puplis schulen be vndur thee. |
| 44:7 | God, thi seete is in to the world of world; the yerde of thi rewme is a yerde of riyt reulyng, `ethir of equite. |
| 44:8 | Thou louedist riytfulnesse, and hatidist wickidnesse; therfor thou, God, thi God, anoyntide thee with the oile of gladnesse, more than thi felowis. |
| 44:9 | Mirre, and gumme, and cassia, of thi clothis, of the `housis yuer; |
| 44:10 | of whiche the douytris of kyngis delitiden thee. A queen stood nyy on thi riyt side in clothing ouergildid; cumpassid with dyuersitee. |
| 44:11 | Douyter, here thou, and se, and bowe doun thin eere; and foryete thi puple, and the hows of thi fadir. |
| 44:12 | And the kyng schal coueyte thi fairnesse; for he is thi Lord God, and thei schulen worschipe hym. |
| 44:13 | And the douytris of Tire in yiftis; alle the riche men of the puple schulen biseche thi cheer. |
| 44:14 | Al the glorye of that douyter of the kyng is with ynne in goldun hemmes; |
| 44:15 | sche is clothid aboute with dyuersitees. Virgyns schulen be brouyt to the kyng aftir hir; hir neiyboressis schulen be brouyt to thee. |
| 44:16 | Thei schulen be brouyt in gladnesse, and ful out ioiyng; thei schulen be brouyt in to the temple of the kyng. |
| 44:17 | Sones ben borun to thee, for thi fadris; thou schalt ordeyne hem princes on al erthe. |
| 44:18 | Lord, thei schulen be myndeful of thi name; in ech generacioun, and in to generacioun. Therfor puplis schulen knouleche to thee withouten ende; and in to the world of world. |
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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.