Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 83:1 | [A song or Psalme of Asaph.] Keepe not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. |
| 83:2 | For loe, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee, haue lift vp the head. |
| 83:3 | They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. |
| 83:4 | They haue said, Come, and let vs cut them off from being a nation: that the name of Israel may bee no more in remembrance. |
| 83:5 | For they haue consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee. |
| 83:6 | The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: of Moab, and the Hagarens. |
| 83:7 | Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. |
| 83:8 | Assur also is ioyned with them: they haue holpen the children of Lot. Selah. |
| 83:9 | Doe vnto them as vnto the Midianites: as to Sisera, as to Iabin, at the brooke of Kison: |
| 83:10 | Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. |
| 83:11 | Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: |
| 83:12 | Who sayd, Let vs take to our selues, the houses of God in possession. |
| 83:13 | O my God, make them like a wheele: as the stubble before the wind. |
| 83:14 | As the fire burneth a wood: and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire: |
| 83:15 | So persecute them with thy tempest: and make them afraid with thy storme. |
| 83:16 | Fill their faces with shame: that they may seeke thy name, O Lord. |
| 83:17 | Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea let them be put to shame, and perish: |
| 83:18 | That men may knowe, that thou, whose name alone is IEHOVAH: art the most High ouer all the earth. |
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.