Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 128:1 | A songe of the stayres. Blessed are all they that feare the Lord, and walke in hys wayes. |
| 128:2 | For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne handes O well is the, and happy shalt thou be. |
| 128:3 | Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. |
| 128:4 | Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table. |
| 128:5 | Lo, thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lorde. |
| 128:6 | The Lorde frome out of you shall so blesse the, that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe. Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren, and peace vpon Israel. |
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."