Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 120:1 | A songe of the steares. When I was in trouble, I called vpon the Lorde, and he hearde me. |
| 120:2 | Delyuer my soule, O Lorde, from lyenge lyppes, and from a disceatfull tonge. |
| 120:3 | What rewarde shall be geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge? |
| 120:4 | Euen myghtie & sharpe arowes, wt hote burnynge coales. |
| 120:5 | Woo is me, that I am constrayned to dwell with Mesech, and to haue myne habitacyon amonge the tentes of Cedar. |
| 120:6 | My soule hath longe dwelt amonge them, that be enemyes vnto peace. |
| 120:7 | I laboure for peace, but when I speake therof, they make them to battayle. |
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."