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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 40:1 | To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. I waited pacyently for the Lord, which enclined hym selfe vnto me: and herd my callynge. |
| 40:2 | He brought me out of the horryble pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpon the rocke, & ordred my goinges. |
| 40:3 | He hath put a newe songe in my mouthe, euen a thanckes geuynge vnto oure God. Many men seing this shal feare the Lord, and put their trust in hym. |
| 40:4 | Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the Lorde, and turneth not vnto the proud, & to such as go aboute with lyes. |
| 40:5 | O Lorde my God, greate are thy wonderous worckes whiche thou haste done: and in thy thoughtes toward vs there maye none be likened vnto the. I wold declare them, and speake of them: but they are so manye, that they can not be tolde. |
| 40:6 | Sacryfyce and offerynge thou wouldeste not haue but a bodye haste thou ordeyned me: burnt offerynges and sacrifyce for synne thou hast not alowed. |
| 40:7 | Then sayde I: Lo, I come. In the begynnynge of the boke is it written of me, |
| 40:8 | that I shoulde fulfyl thy wyl O my God, and that am I content to do: yea thy lawe is wythin my hert. |
| 40:9 | I will preach of thy ryghtuousnesse in the great congregacyon: Lo. I wyl not refraine my lippes, O Lorde, and that thou knowest. |
| 40:10 | I do not hyde thy ryghtuousnes in my hert, my talkinge is of thy trueth and sauing health: I kepe not thy louyng mercy & faythfulnesse backe from the greate congregacyon. |
| 40:11 | Turne not thou thy mercy fro me O Lord but let thy louynge kyndnesse and trueth alwaye preseue me. |
| 40:12 | For innumerable troubles are come about me: my synnes haue taken suche holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp: yea they are mo in number then the heares of my head and my hert hath fayled me. |
| 40:13 | O Lorde, let it be thy pleasure to delyuer me make hast (Lord) to help me. |
| 40:14 | Let them be ashamed and confunded, that seke after my soule, to destroye it: let them fall backwarde and be put to confusion, that wish me euell. |
| 40:15 | Let them soone be broughte to shame, that crye ouer me, there there. |
| 40:16 | But let all those that seke the, be ioyfull and glad in the: & let al such as delyte in thye sauyng health, say alway: the Lord be praised. |
| 40:17 | As for me, I am poore and in miserye, but the Lord careth for me. Thou art my helper and redemer, make no long tariyng, O my God. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.