Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 55:1 | To the chaunter in melodyes, an instruccyon of Dauid. Heare my prayer (O God) and hide not thy selfe fro my peticion. Take hede vnto me, and heare me, how I mourne in my prayer, & am vexed. |
| 55:2 | The enemy cryeth so, and the vngodly cometh on so fast: for they are mynded to do me some mischefe, so maliciously are they sett agaynst me. |
| 55:3 | My herte is dysquyeted within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me. |
| 55:4 | Fearfulnes and trembling are come vpon me, and an horryble drede hath ouerwhelmed me. |
| 55:5 | And I sayd: O that I had winges like a doue, for then wold I flie awaye, and be at reste. |
| 55:6 | Lo, then wolde I gett me awaye farre of, and remayne in the wildernes. Sela. |
| 55:7 | I wolde make hast to escape, because of the stormy wynd and tempeste. |
| 55:8 | Destroye theyr tonges (O Lorde) and deuide them, for I haue spyed vnrighteousnes and stryfe in the cyte. |
| 55:9 | Daye and night go they about within the walles therof: myschefe also, and sorow are in the myddest of it. |
| 55:10 | Wyckednes is therin, dysceate, and gyle go not out of her stretes. |
| 55:11 | For it is not an open enemye that hath done me thys dishonoure: for then I coulde haue borne it: nether was it myne aduersary, that did magnifye hym selfe agaynst me: for then I wolde haue hyd my selfe from hym. |
| 55:12 | But it was euen thou my companion: my gyde, and myne awne familyer frende. |
| 55:13 | We toke swete councell together, & walked in the house of God as frendes. |
| 55:14 | Lett death come hastely vpon them, and let them go downe quyck into hell, for wyckednes is in theyr dwellynges, and amonge them. |
| 55:15 | As for me, I will call vnto God, and the Lorde shall saue me. |
| 55:16 | In the euening, and mornynge and at noone daye wyll I praye, (and that instantly) and he shall heare my voyce. |
| 55:17 | It is he that hath delyuered my soule in peace, from the batayll that was agaynst me: for there were many with me. |
| 55:18 | Yee, euen God that endureth for euer, shall heare me, and bryng them downe. Sela. For they wyll not turne, ner feare God. |
| 55:19 | He layed hys handes vpon soch as be at peace wt hym, and he brake hys couenaunt. |
| 55:20 | The wordes of hys mouth were softer then butter, hauynge warre in his hert: hys wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very sweardes. |
| 55:21 | O cast thy burthen, vpon the Lorde and he shall norysh the, and not suffre the ryghteous to fall for euer. |
| 55:22 | And as for them, thou (O God) shalt brynge them into the pyt of destruccyon. |
| 55:23 | The bloude thrusty and disceatful men shall not lyue out halfe theyr dayes. Neuerthelesse, my trust shalbe in the. |
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."