Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 141:1 | A psalme of Dauid. Lorde, I call vpon the: haste the vnto me, & consider my voyce, when I crye vnto the. |
| 141:2 | Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense: & let the lyftyng vp of my handes be an eueninge sacrifyce. |
| 141:3 | Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth & kepe the dore of my lippes. |
| 141:4 | O let not myne herte be inclyned to any euell thynge: let me not be occupyed in vngodly workes, with the men that worke wyckednesse, lest I eate of soch thynges as please them. |
| 141:5 | Let the ryghteous rather smyte me frendly & reproue me. |
| 141:6 | But let not ther preciouse balmes: breake myne heed: yee, I wyll praye yet agaynste theyr wyckednesse. |
| 141:7 | Lett theyr iudges be ouerthrowen in stony places: that they may heare my wordes: for they are swete. |
| 141:8 | Our bones lye scatered before the pit, lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the erth. |
| 141:9 | But myne eyes looke vnto the, O Lorde God: in the is my trust, Oh cast not out my soule. |
| 141:10 | Kepe me from the snare which they haue layed for me: & from the trappes of the wicked doers. Let the vngodly fall into their awne nettes together: and let me euer escape them. |
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."