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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
Bishop
The Geneva Bible (1560)
Geneva
[1]Confesse you [it] vnto God, call vppon his name: cause the people to vnderstande his deuises [1]Praise the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his works among the people.
[2]Sing vnto hym, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes [2]Sing unto him, sing praise unto him , and talk of all his wondrous works.
[3]Glary ye in his holy name: let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God [3]Rejoice in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord, rejoice.
[4]Seeke God and his strength: seeke his face euermore [4]Seek the Lord and his strength: seek his face continually.
[5]Remember the meruaylous workes that he hath done: his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth [5]Remember his marvelous works, that he hath done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,
[6](105:6a) O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob [6]Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, which are his elect.
[7](105:6b) he is God our Lord, his iudgementes are in all the earth [7]He is the Lord our God: his judgments are through all the earth.
[8](105:7a) He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promised a worde to a thousande generations: [8]He hath alway remembered his covenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations,
[9](105:7b) euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac [9]Even that which he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac:
[10](105:8) And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt [10]And since hath confirmed it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[11](105:9) Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritaunce [11]Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
[12](105:10a) When they were a fewe men in number, and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it [12]Albeit they were few in number, yea, very few, and strangers in the land,
[13](105:10b) and when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdome to another people [13]And walked about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
[14](105:11) He suffred no man to do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kynges for their sakes [14]Yet suffered he no man to do them wrong, but reproved kings for their sakes, saying,
[15](105:12) Touche not mine annoynted: and triumph not ouer my prophetes [15]Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
[16](105:13) Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle [16]Moreover he called a famine upon the land , and utterly brake the staff of bread.
[17](105:14) But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt [17]But he sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a slave.
[18](105:15) Whose feete they dyd hurt in the stockes: the iron entred into his soule [18]They held his feet in the stocks , and he was laid in irons,
[19](105:16) Vntill the tyme came that his cause [was knowen:] the worde of the Lorde tryed hym [19]Until his appointed time came, and the counsel of the Lord had tried him.
[20](105:17) The king sent and caused hym to be let go: yea the prince of the people opened a way foorth for hym [20]The King sent and loosed him: even the ruler of the people delivered him.
[21](105:18) He made him Lorde of his house: and ruler of all his substaunce [21]He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,
[22](105:19) That he might enfourme his princes according to his minde: and teache his senatours wysdome [22]That he should bind his princes unto his will, and teach his ancients wisdom.
[23](105:20) Israel also came into Egypt: & Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Cham [23]Then Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
[24](105:21) And he encreased his people exceedinglye: and made them stronger then their enemies [24]And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressors.
[25](105:22) Whose heart so turned that they hated his people: and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes [25]He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal craftily with his servants.
[26](105:23a) [Then] he sent Moyses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen [26]Then sent he Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
[27](105:23b) they did their message, workyng his signes among them, and wonders in the lande of Cham [27]They showed among them the message of his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[28](105:24) He sent darknes, & it was darke: and they went not from his wordes [28]He sent darkness, and made it dark: and they were not disobedient unto his commission.
[29](105:25) He turned their waters into blood: and slue their fishe [29]He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
[30](105:26) Their lande brought foorth frogges: yea euen in their kinges chaumbers [30]Their land brought forth frogs, even in their king's chambers.
[31](105:27) He spake the worde, and there came a swarme of all maner of flyes: [and] of lyce in all their quarters [31]He spake, and there came swarms of flies and lice in all their quarters.
[32](105:28) He gaue them haylestones for rayne: [and] flambes of fire in their lande [32]He gave them hail for rain, and flames of fire in their land.
[33](105:29) He smote their vines also & figge trees: and he destroyed the trees that were in their coastes [33]He smote their vines also and their fig trees, and brake down the trees in their coasts.
[34](105:30) He spake the worde, and the grashoppers came: & caterpillers innumerable [34]He spake, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable,
[35](105:31) And they did eate vp all the grasse in their lande: and deuoured the fruite of their grounde [35]And did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
[36](105:32) He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence [36]He smote also all the first born in their land, even the beginning of all their strength.
[37](105:33) He also brought them foorth with siluer and golde: there was not one feeble person in their tribes [37]He brought them forth also with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among their tribes.
[38](105:34) Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were smytten with dread of them [38]Egypt was glad at their departing: for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
[39](105:35) He spred out a cloude to be a couering: and fire to geue light in the night season [39]He spread a cloud to be a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
[40](105:36) The [people] required and he brought quayles: and he filled them with the bread of heauen [40]They asked, and he brought quails, and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
[41](105:37) He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out: so that streames ranne in drye places [41]He opened the rock, and the waters flowed out, and ran in the dry places like a river.
[42](105:38) For he remembred his holy worde: [spoken] vnto Abraham his seruaunt [42]For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant,
[43](105:39) And he brought foorth his people with gladnes: [and] his chosen with a ioyfull noyse [43]And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness,
[44](105:40) And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen, and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people [44]And gave them the lands of the heathen, and they took the labors of the people in possession,
[45](105:41) To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes: and obserue his lawes. Prayse ye the Lorde [45]That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
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