Psalms 119:68

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thou art good and beneficiall: teache me thy statutes.

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About this Translation

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Formal EquivalenceSource: Great BibleBest for: Historical study of English Bible translation

🎯 Translation Approach

A formal, ecclesiastical translation in Early Modern English, produced for public worship and as an authorized revision of earlier English Bibles, emphasizing dignified style and continuity with church usage.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Authorized by the Church of England: Commissioned and approved for public use, serving as the official church Bible before the KJV.
Supervised by Matthew Parker: Produced under the oversight of the Archbishop of Canterbury, coordinating multiple revisers.
Influence on KJV: Provided a significant textual and stylistic base that KJV translators consulted and revised.
Revision of earlier English tradition: Substantially revises the Great Bible while consulting original languages and established ecclesiastical phrasing.
Early Modern English style: Employs dignified, archaic diction suited to 16th-century liturgical contexts.

✅ Strengths

Historical significance
Influential on the King James Version
Formal tone suitable for liturgy
Continuity with traditional church terminology

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language and spelling can hinder comprehension
Less accessible to modern readers
Reflects scholarship and textual resources of the 16th century rather than modern critical editions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Historians and researchers
Students of Early Modern English
Liturgical traditions valuing historical texts
Comparative translation study

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King James Version (1611)Geneva Bible (1560)Great Bible (1539)New King James VersionEnglish Standard Version

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Confesse you it vnto god, for he is gratious: and his mercy endureth for euer.
Ps 107:1 : 1 Confesse you it vnto God: for he is gratious, and his mercy endureth for euer.
Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.
Matt 19:17 : 17 He sayde vnto hym: why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, and that is God. But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe, kepe the commaundementes.
Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious: and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee.
Mark 10:18 : 18 Iesus sayde vnto hym: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good but one, which is God.
Luke 18:19 : 19 Iesus sayde vnto hym: Why callest thou me good? None is good, saue God onely.
Exod 33:18-19 : 18 And he sayde: I beseche thee shewe me thy glorie. 19 Who aunswered: I wyll make all my good go before thee, & I wyll call in the name of Iehouah before thee: and wyl shewe mercy to whom I wyll shewe mercy, and wyll haue compassion, on whom I wyll haue compassion.
Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the Lorde passed by before hym, and cryed, Lorde, Lorde, God, strong, mercyfull and gracious, long suffering, and aboundaunt in goodnes & trueth, 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes, forgeuing wickednes, vngodlynes and sinne, and not leauing one innocent, visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, and vpon the chyldrens chyldren, euen vnto the third and fourth generation.
Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Gratious and ryghteous is God: therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way. 9 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement: and teache the humble his way.
Ps 119:26 : 26 I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.
Ps 145:7-9 : 7 They shall vtter out of their mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kyndnesse: and they shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse. 8 God is gratious and mercifull: loth to be angry, and great in louing kindnesse. 9 God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes.
Isa 63:7 : 7 I wyll declare the goodnesse of the Lorde, yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs, for the great good that he hath done for Israel, whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauour, and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses.
Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:12
84%
12 Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.
Ps 119:64-67
4 verses
82%
64 The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse: O teache me thy statutes.
65 Teth O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt: according vnto thy worde.
66 Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.
67 Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way: but nowe I kepe thy word.
Ps 119:124-125
2 verses
78%
124 Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse: and teache me thy statutes.
125 I am thy seruaunt, graunt me vnderstandyng: that I may knowe thy testimonies.
Ps 119:71-73
3 verses
78%
71 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.
72 The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.
73 Iod Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.
Ps 119:26-27
2 verses
78%
26 I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.
27 Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.
Ps 143:10
77%
10 Teache me to do the thyng that pleaseth thee, for thou art my Lorde: let thy good spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of ryghteousnesse.
Ps 119:33-34
2 verses
77%
33 He Teache me O God the way of thy statutes: and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende.
34 Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:171
75%
171 My lippes shall powre out thy prayse: when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Ps 25:8
74%
8 Gratious and ryghteous is God: therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way.
Ps 119:102
74%
102 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me.
Ps 119:7-8
2 verses
74%
7 I wyll confesse it vnto thee with an vpryght heart: when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse.
8 I wyll kepe thy statutes: wherfore forsake me not for any long tyme.
Ps 119:108
73%
108 Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God: and teache me thy iudgementes.
Ps 119:135
73%
135 Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt: and teache me thy statutes.
Ps 119:137-138
2 verses
73%
137 Sade O God: thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes.
138 Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies: to be obserued very strayghtly.
Ps 94:12
72%
12 Blessed is the man O Lorde, whom thou wylt chasten: and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe.
Ps 119:117-119
3 verses
72%
117 Holde thou me vp and I shalbe safe: and I will loke gladly vpon thy statutes alwayes.
118 Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes: for their crafty deuice is but falshood.
119 Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse: therfore I loue thy testimonies.
Ps 125:4
71%
4 Be beneficiall O God: vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart.
Ps 119:75-76
2 verses
71%
75 I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice: and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted.
76 I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt.
Ps 119:39-40
2 verses
71%
39 Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good.
40 Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.
Ps 119:4-5
2 verses
71%
4 Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.
5 I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes.
Ps 119:159
71%
159 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.
Ps 119:168
71%
168 I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
Ps 119:57-58
2 verses
71%
57 Heth Thou art my portion O God: I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe.
58 I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.
Ps 119:88
71%
88 Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie: and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth.
Ps 119:156
70%
156 Thy mercies be manifolde O God: make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes.
Ps 71:17
70%
17 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth: and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes.
Ps 86:5
70%
5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious: and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee.
Ps 119:142
70%
142 Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse: & thy lawe is the trueth.
Ps 119:16
70%
16 My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.
Ps 119:69
70%
69 The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.
Ps 119:94
70%
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer.
Ps 119:86
70%
86 All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe: they wrongfully persecute me, O be thou my ayde.
Ps 25:5
70%
5 leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me, for thou art the Lorde of my saluation, I haue wayted for thee al the day long.
Ps 119:54
70%
54 Thy statutes haue ben my songes: in the house of my pilgrimages.