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The Great Bible 1539
| 140:1 | To the chaunter, a psalme of Dauid. Delyuer me, O Lorde, from the euell man, and preserue me from the wycked man. |
| 140:2 | Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes: and stere vp strife all the daye longe. |
| 140:3 | They haue sharpened theyr tonges like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lyppes. Sela. |
| 140:4 | Kepe me, O Lorde, from the handes of the vngodly: preserue me from the wyckedmen, which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goynges. |
| 140:5 | The proude haue layed a snare for me: and spred a net abroad with coardes: yee, & set trappes in my waye Sela. |
| 140:6 | I sayde vnto the Lorde: thou art my God, heare the voyce of my prayers, O Lorde. |
| 140:7 | O Lorde God, thou strength of my health, thou hast couered my heed in the day of battayll. |
| 140:8 | Let not the vngodly haue his desyre, O Lorde, let not hys mischeuous ymaginacyon prosper: lest they be to proude. Sela. |
| 140:9 | Let the mischefe of their awne lippes fall vpon the heed of them, that compasse me about. |
| 140:10 | Let hote burninge coales fall vpon them: let them be cast into the fyer and into the pyt: that they neuer ryse vp againe. |
| 140:11 | A man full of wordes shal not prosper vpon the erth: euell shall hunte the wycked person, to ouerthrowe hym. |
| 140:12 | Sure I am, that the Lorde wyll auenge the poore, and mainteyne the cause of the helpeles. |
| 140:13 | The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name, and the iust shall contynue in thy syght. |
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."