Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 146:1 | Halleluiah. Prayse the Lorde, O my soule: whyle I lyue will I prayse the Lorde: yee as long as I haue any beynge, I will synge prayses vnto my God. |
| 146:2 | O put not youre trust in Princes, nor in any chylde of man, for there is no helpe in them. |
| 146:3 | For when the breth of man goeth forth he shall turne againe to his earth, and then all his thoughtes peryshe. |
| 146:4 | Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe, and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God. |
| 146:5 | Which made heauen and earth, the see, and all that therin is, whych kepeth hys promyse for euer. |
| 146:6 | Whych helpeth them to ryght that suffre wronge, whych fedeth the hongrye. |
| 146:7 | The Lorde loseth men out of preson, the Lorde geueth syght to the blynde. |
| 146:8 | The Lorde helpeh them vp that are fallen, the Lorde careth for the ryghteous. |
| 146:9 | The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherlesse & wyddowe: as for the waye of the vngodly, he turneth it vpside downe, |
| 146:10 | The Lorde thy God, O Sion: shall be kynge for euermore, and thorowe out all generacyons. Halleluiah. |
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."