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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
Bishop
King James Version
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[1] The most mightie Lorde God hath spoken: and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne, vnto the goyng downe therof [1]The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
[2]Out of Sion: hath the Lorde appeared in perfect beautie [2]Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
[3]Our Lorde commeth, and he wyll not kepe scilence: there goeth before hym a consumyng fire, and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym [3]Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
[4]He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth: that he may iudge his people [4]He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
[5]Gather my saintes together vnto me: those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice [5]Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
[6]And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah [6]And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
[7]Heare O my people, and I wil speake: I my selfe wyll testifie vnto thee O Israel, I am the Lorde, euen thy Lorde [7]Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
[8]I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt offerynges: [for that they be not] alway before me [8]I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
[9]I wyll take no bullocke out of thy house: nor goates out of thy foldes [9]I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
[10]For all the beastes of the forest are myne: and so are the cattel vpon a thousande hylles [10]For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
[11]I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes: and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement [11]I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
[12]If I be hungry, I wyll not tell thee: for the whole worlde is myne, and all that is therin [12]If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
[13]Thinkest thou that I will eate bulles fleshe: and drynke the blood of goates [13]Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
[14]Offer vnto God prayse: and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest [14]Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
[15]And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble: I wyll heare thee, and thou shalt glorifie me [15]And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
[16]But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth [16]But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
[17]Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee [17]Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
[18]When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers [18]When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
[19]Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt [19]Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
[20]Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne [20]Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
[21]These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue, thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art: but I wyll reproue thee, and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes [all that thou hast done. [21]These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
[22]Consider this I pray you, ye that forget the Lorde: lest I plucke you away, and there be none to delyuer you [22]Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
[23]Who so offereth vnto me thankes and prayse, he honoureth me: and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght, I wyll shewe the saluation of God [23]Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
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