Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 116:1 | I Am well pleased, that the Lorde hath herd the voyce of my prayer. |
| 116:2 | That he hath enclined his eare vnto me, therfore will I call vpon him as longe as I lyue. |
| 116:3 | The snares of death compased me round about, and the paynes of hell gat hold vpon me, |
| 116:4 | I shall fynde trouble and heuynesse, and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde (O Lord) I besech the delyuer my soule. |
| 116:5 | Gracious is the Lorde, and ryghteous, yee oure God is mercyfull. |
| 116:6 | The Lord preserueth the symple: I was in mysery, and he helped me. |
| 116:7 | Turne agayne then vnto thy rest, O my soule, for the Lorde hath rewarded the. |
| 116:8 | And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my fete from fallyng. |
| 116:9 | I will walcke before the Lord, in the land of the lyuyng. |
| 116:10 | I beleued, and therfore wyll I speake, but I was sore troubled. |
| 116:11 | I sayd in my hast: All men are lyers. |
| 116:12 | What reward shall I geue vnto the Lorde, for all the benefytes that he hath done vnto me? |
| 116:13 | I wyll receaue the cuppe of saluacion, and call vpon the name of the Lord. |
| 116:14 | I wyll paye my vowes now in the presence of all his people, ryght deare in the syght of the Lorde is the death of hys saynctes. |
| 116:15 | Behold (O Lorde) how that I am thy seruaunt: I am thy seruaunt, |
| 116:16 | and the sonne of thy handmayde, thou hast broken my bondes in sonder. |
| 116:17 | I wyll offre to the, the sacrifyce of thanckesgeuynge, and wyll call vpon the name of the Lord. |
| 116:18 | I wyll paye my vowes vnto the Lord in the syght of all his people, |
| 116:19 | in the courtes of the Lordes house, euen in the myddest of the, O Ierusalem. Prayse the Lorde. |
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."