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1 [A song of high degrees.] Beholde, blesse God all ye the seruauntes of God: who in the nyght tyme remayne in the house of God.
2 Lyft vp your holy handes: and blesse God.
3 God who made heauen and earth: blesse thee out of Sion.
The Bishop’s Bible (BB)
The Bishop’s Bible (BB) is a significant English translation of the Bible that was first published in 1568 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was commissioned by the Church of England as a revision of the Great Bible and as a response to the Geneva Bible, which was popular among the Puritans but contained marginal notes that were considered politically and theologically contentious by the Anglican establishment. The primary goal of the Bishop’ s Bible was to create a translation that would be more acceptable to the ecclesiastical authorities and suitable for use in Anglican churches.