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The Great Bible 1539
| 36:1 | To the Chaunter, of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde. My hert sheweth me the wyckednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before hys eyes. |
| 36:2 | For he flatreth hym selfe in hys owne syght, tyll hys abhominable synne be founde out. |
| 36:3 | The wordes of hys mouth are vnryghteous, and full of disceate: he hath left of to behaue hym selfe wysely and to do good. |
| 36:4 | He ymagyneth myschefe vpon hys bedd, and hath set hym selfe in no good waye, nether doth he abhore any thyng that is euell. |
| 36:5 | Thy mercy, O Lorde reacheth vnto the heauen, and thy faythfulnesse vnto the cloudes. |
| 36:6 | Thy ryghteousnesse standeth lyke the stronge mountaynes: thy iudgementes are lyke the greate depe. |
| 36:7 | Thou Lorde shalt saue both man and beest. Howe excellent is thy mercy, O God? and the chyldren of men shall put theyr trust vnder the shadowe of thy wynges. |
| 36:8 | They shalbe satisfyed with the plenteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt geue them dryncke of thy pleasures, as out of the ryuer. |
| 36:9 | For with the is the well of lyfe, and in thy lyght, shall we se lyght. |
| 36:10 | O contynue forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the, and thy ryghteousnesse vnto them that are true of hert. |
| 36:11 | O let not the fote of pryde come agaynst me: and let not the hande of the vngodly cast me downe. |
| 36:12 | There are they fallen that worke wyckednesse: they are cast downe, and shall: not be able to stande. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."