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The Great Bible 1539
| 39:1 | Knowest thou the tyme when the wylde goates brynge forth theyr yonge, amonge the stony rockes? Or layest thou wayte when the hyndes vse to fawne? |
| 39:2 | rekenest thou the monethes after they engendre, that thou knowest the tyme of theyr bearinge? |
| 39:3 | or when they lye downe, when they cast theyr younge ones, and when they are delyuered of theyr trauayle and payne? |
| 39:4 | How their younge ones growe vp, & waxe greate thorow good fedyng? whan they go forth, and returne not agayne vnto them? |
| 39:5 | who letteth the wylde asse go fre, or who lowseth the bondes of the mule? |
| 39:6 | Euen I whych haue geuen the wyldernes to be theyr house, and the vntylled land to be theyr dwellyng place. |
| 39:7 | That they may geue no force for the multitude of people in the cyties, nether regarde the cryenge of the dryuer: |
| 39:8 | but seke theyr pasture about the mountaynes, and folowe the grene grasse. |
| 39:9 | Wyll the vnycorne be so tame as to do the seruice, or to abyde styll by thy crybbe? |
| 39:10 | Canst thou bynd the yock about the vnycorne in thy forowe, to make hym plowe after the in the valleys? |
| 39:11 | Mayest thou trust hym (because he is strong) or committe thy labour vnto hym? |
| 39:12 | Mayest thou beleue hym, that he wyll bringe home thy corne, or to cary any thyng vnto thy barne? |
| 39:13 | Gauest thou the fayre wynges vnto the pecockes, or wynges & fethers vnto the storke? |
| 39:14 | For he leaueth hys egges in the earth and layeth them in the dust. |
| 39:15 | He remembreth not, that they myght be troden wyth fete, or broken wyth some wylde beast. |
| 39:16 | So harde is he vnto hys yonge ones, as though they were not hys, and laboureth in vayne wythout any feare. |
| 39:17 | And that because God hath taken wysdome from hym, & hath not geuen hym vnderstandynge. |
| 39:18 | When hys tyme is that he flyeth vp on hye, he careth nether for horse ner man. |
| 39:19 | Hast thou geuen the horsse hys strength, or lerned him to bowe downe his neck wt feare: |
| 39:20 | that he letteth hym selfe be dryuen forth lyke a greshopper, where as the stoute neynge that he maketh, is fearfull? |
| 39:21 | he breaketh the grounde with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his strength, and runneth to mete the harnest men. |
| 39:22 | He layeth asyde all feare, hys stomack is not abated, nether starteth he a back for any swerde. |
| 39:23 | Though the quyuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shilde glystre: |
| 39:24 | yet russheth he in fearsely, and beateth vpon the grounde. He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes, |
| 39:25 | but as soone as he heareth the shawmes blowe, tush (sayeth he) for he smelleth the battel a farre of, the noyse, the captaynes and the shoutinge. |
| 39:26 | Commeth it thorow thy wysdome, that the Goshauke flyeth towarde the South? |
| 39:27 | Doth the Aegle mount vp, and make hys nest on hye at thy commaundement? |
| 39:28 | He abydeth in the stony rockes, and vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes, where no man can come. |
| 39:29 | From thence seketh he his praye, & loketh farre about with hys eyes. |
| 39:30 | Hys younge ones are fed with bloud: & where any deed body lyeth, there is he immediatly. |
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."