Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 124:1 | A songe of the steares of Dauid. If the Lorde hym selfe had not bene of our syde (nowe maye Israel saye) If the Lord him selfe had not bene of our syde when men rose vp agaynst vs. |
| 124:2 | They had swalowed vs vp quycke, when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. |
| 124:3 | Yee, the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer oure soule. |
| 124:4 | The depe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule. |
| 124:5 | But praysed be the Lorde, whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth. |
| 124:6 | Our soule is escaped, euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler: |
| 124:7 | the snare is broken, and we are delyuered. |
| 124:8 | Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde, whych hath made heauen and earth. |
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."