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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
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King James Version
KJV
[1] Blessed be God my rocke: who teacheth my handes to warre, and my fingers to fyght [1]Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
[2]My holynesse and my fortresse, my refuge, and my only deliuerer: my buckler, in hym I haue put my trust, who subdueth my people vnder me [2]My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
[3]O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym [3]LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
[4]Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away [4]Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
[5]Bowe thy heauens O God and come downe: touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke [5]Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
[6]Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them: shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them [6]Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
[7]Sende downe thine hand from aboue: deliuer me and take me out of the great waters, from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am [7]Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
[8]Whose mouth vttereth vanitie: and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood [8]Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[9]O Lorde I wyll syng a newe song vnto thee: and I wyll syng psalmes vnto thee vpon a Lute, [and vpon] an instrument of ten strynges [9]I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
[10]Who geueth victorie vnto kynges: who redeemeth Dauid his seruaunt from peryll of the sworde [10]It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
[11]Redeeme me and deliuer me from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am: whose mouth vttereth vanitie, and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood [11]Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
[12]That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners [stones] grauen after the fashion as a palace is [12]That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
[13]That the corners of our houses may be fylled, yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore: that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes, [yea] ten thousandes in our streates [13]That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
[14]That our oxen may be strong [to labour] that there be no decay: no leadyng into captiuitie, and no complaynyng in our streates [14]That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
[15]Happy are the people that be in such a case: blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde [15]Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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