Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 121:1 | A songe of the steares. I Will lyft vp myne eyes vnto the hylles, from whence commeth my helpe? |
| 121:2 | My helpe commeth euen from the Lorde, which hath made heauen and earth. |
| 121:3 | He wyll not suffre thy fote to be moued, and he that kepeth the, wyll not slepe. |
| 121:4 | Beholde, he that kepeth Israel, shall nether slombre nor slepe. |
| 121:5 | The Lorde hym selfe is thy keper, the Lorde is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande. |
| 121:6 | So that the sunne shall not burne the by daye, nether the moone by nyght. |
| 121:7 | The Lorde shall preserue the from all euell, yee it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule. |
| 121:8 | The Lorde shall preserue thy goynge out and thy commynge in, from thys tyme forth for euer more. |
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."