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The Great Bible 1539
| 102:1 | A prayer of the afflyct, when he hath an heuy hart, and powereth out hys complaynte before the Lorde. Heare my prayer, O Lorde, and lett my cryenge come in vnto the. |
| 102:2 | Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble: enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call, O heare me, and that ryght soone. |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke, and my bones are brent vp, as it were a fyre brande. |
| 102:4 | My hert is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse, so that I forget to eate my bred. |
| 102:5 | For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wyll scarse cleue to my flesh. |
| 102:6 | I am become lyke a Pellycane of the wildernes, and lyke an owle that is in the deserte. |
| 102:7 | I haue watched, & am euen as it were a sparow, that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe. |
| 102:8 | Myne enemyes reuyle me all the daye longe: & they that are madd vpon me, are sworne together agaynst me. |
| 102:9 | For I haue eaten ashes as at were bred, and mengled my drynck with wepynge. |
| 102:10 | And that because of thyne indignacyon & wrath, for thou hast taken me vp, & cast me downe. |
| 102:11 | My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe, and I am wythered lyke grasse. |
| 102:12 | But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for euer, and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacyons. |
| 102:13 | Thou shalt aryse, & haue mercy vpon Sion, for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her, yee the tyme is come. |
| 102:14 | And why: thy seruauntes thinck vpon her stones, and it pitieth them to se her in the dust. |
| 102:15 | The Heathen shall feare thy name, O Lord, & all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty. |
| 102:16 | Whan the Lord shall buylde vp Sion, and whan his glory shal apeare: |
| 102:17 | Whan he turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, & despyseth not theyr desyre. |
| 102:18 | This shalbe wrytten for those that come after: & the people which shalbe borne, shall prayse the Lord. |
| 102:19 | For he hath loked downe from his Sanctuary, out of the heauen dyd the Lorde beholde the earth. |
| 102:20 | That he might heare the mournynges of soch as be in captiuite, and delyuer the chyldren appoynted vnto death. |
| 102:21 | That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Sion, and his worshipe at Ierusalem: |
| 102:22 | When the people are gathered together, & the kyngdomes also to serue the Lorde. |
| 102:23 | He brought downe my strength in my iourney, and shortened my dayes. |
| 102:24 | But I sayed: O my God, take me not awaye in the myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions. |
| 102:25 | Thou Lorde in the begynnyng hast layed the foundacyon of the earth, and the heauens are the worcke of thy handes. |
| 102:26 | They shall perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, |
| 102:27 | and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, and thy yeares shall not fayle. |
| 102:28 | The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue, & their sede shall stonde fast in thy syght. |
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."