Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 111:1 | Prayse the Lorde. I Wyll geue thanckes vnto the Lord with my whole hert: secretly among the faithfull, and in the congregacion. |
| 111:2 | The worckes of the Lorde are great, sought out of all them that haue pleasure therin. |
| 111:3 | His worcke is worthy to be praysed & had in honoure, and his ryghteousnesse endureth for euer. |
| 111:4 | The mercyfull & gracyous Lorde hath so done his maruelous workes, that they ought to be had in remembraunce. |
| 111:5 | He hath geuen meat vnto them that feare him, he shal euer be mindfull of hys couenaunt. |
| 111:6 | He hath shewed his people the power of his worckes, that he maye geue them the herytage of the Heathen. |
| 111:7 | The worckes of his handes are veryte & iudgement, all his commaundmentes are true. |
| 111:8 | They stand fast for euer and euer, and are done in trueth and equite. |
| 111:9 | He sent redempcyon vnto his people, he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer, holy and reuerent is his name. |
| 111:10 | The feare of the Lorde is the begynning of wisdome, a good vnderstandyng haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer. |
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."