Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 62:1 | The titil of the two and sixtithe salm. `The salm of Dauid, `whanne he was in the desert of Judee. |
| 62:2 | God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold. |
| 62:3 | In a lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide to thee in hooli; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie. |
| 62:4 | For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee. |
| 62:5 | So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis. |
| 62:6 | Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng. |
| 62:7 | So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee; |
| 62:8 | for thou were myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee; |
| 62:9 | thi riythond took me vp. |
| 62:10 | Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe; |
| 62:11 | thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis. |
| 62:12 | But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of hem, that speken wickid thingis, is stoppid. |
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.