Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 123:1 | A songe of the steares. Vnto the lyft I vp myne eyes, thou that dwellest in the heauens. |
| 123:2 | Beholde, euen as the eyes of seruauntes loke vnto the hande of their masters: and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her mastresse, euen so our eyes wayte vpon the Lorde oure God, vntyll he haue mercy vpon vs. |
| 123:3 | Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. |
| 123:4 | Oure soule is fylled wyth the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude. |
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."