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The Great Bible 1539
| 5:1 | Crye (I praye the) yf happlye there be any that wyll answere the, and loke thou vpon eny of the holy men. |
| 5:2 | As for the foolysh man, displeasure kylleth hym, and anger slayeth the ignoraunt |
| 5:3 | I haue sene my selfe, when the folysh was depe roted, and sodenly. I cursed hys habitacyon. |
| 5:4 | Hys chyldren were without prosperite, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to delyuer them. |
| 5:5 | Hys haruest was eaten vp of the hungry, & the weapened man spoyled it, and the thurstye droncke vp theyr laboure. It is not the earth that bryngeth forth iniquyte, |
| 5:6 | nether commeth sorowe out of the ground: |
| 5:7 | but man is borne vnto laboure, lyke as the sparkes flye vp out of the hote coles. |
| 5:8 | But I wyll aske councell at the Lorde, & wyll talke with God: |
| 5:9 | which doth thynges, that are vnsearcheable, and maruels without nombre. |
| 5:10 | He geueth rayne vpon the erth, and poureth water vpon the stretes, |
| 5:11 | to set vp them that be of lowe degre, and that those which are in heuynesse may come to prosperite. |
| 5:12 | He destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that their handes are not able to performe any stedfast thing. |
| 5:13 | He compaseth the wyse in their awne craftynes, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked. |
| 5:14 | In somoche that they runne into darcknes by fayre daye, and grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght. |
| 5:15 | He shall delyuer the pore from the sweard, and from the threatenynges of the vngodly, and from the violence of the myghty. |
| 5:16 | He is the hope of the poore, and the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped. |
| 5:17 | Beholde, happye is the man, whom God punissheth: therfore, refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghtye. |
| 5:18 | For though he make a wounde, he geueth a playster: though he smyte, hys hande maketh whole agayne. |
| 5:19 | He shall delyuer the in syxe troubles, and in the seuenth there shall no euell come to the. |
| 5:20 | In honger he shall saue the from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde. |
| 5:21 | Thou shalt be kept from the euell tonge, and when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare. |
| 5:22 | In destruccion and derth thou shalt be mery, and shalt not be afrayed of beastes of the earth. |
| 5:23 | For the stones of the lande shalbe confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace. |
| 5:24 | And thou shalt knowe that thy dwellyng place shalbe in rest: and thou shalt go and beholde thy habytacyon, and shalt not synne. |
| 5:25 | Thou shalt se also, that thy sede shall encreace, and that thy posteryte shalbe as the grasse vpon the earth. |
| 5:26 | Thou shalt come also to thy graue in a fayre age, lyke as when they take vp a corne shefe in due season. |
| 5:27 | Lo, thys we oure selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is. Herken thou to it also, that thou mayest take hede to thy selfe. |
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."