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The Great Bible 1539
| 148:1 | Haleluiah. Prayse the euerlastynge. O prayse the Lorde of heauen, prayse hym in the heygth. |
| 148:2 | Prayse him all ye angels of hys, prayse hym all hys hoost. |
| 148:3 | Prayse hym Sunne and Moone, prayse hym all ye starres and lyght. |
| 148:4 | Prayse hym all ye heauens, & ye waters that be aboue the heauens. |
| 148:5 | Let them prayse the name of the Lorde, for he commaunded, and they were created. |
| 148:6 | He hath made them fast for euer and euer, he hath geuen them a lawe, whych shall not be broken. |
| 148:7 | Prayse the Lorde vpon earth, ye dragons, and all depes. |
| 148:8 | Fyre an hayle, snowe and vapors, wynde and storme, fulfyllyng hys worde. |
| 148:9 | Mountaynes & all hylles, frutefull trees and all Cedres. |
| 148:10 | Beastes and all catell, wormes and federed foules. |
| 148:11 | Kynges of the earth and all people, Princes and all iudges of the worlde. |
| 148:12 | Yonge men and maydens, olde men and chyldren: |
| 148:13 | prayse the name of the Lorde, for his name only is excellent, & hys prayse aboue heauen and earth. |
| 148:14 | He shall exalte the horne of hys people, all hys saynctes shall prayse hym, euen the chyldren of Israel, euen the people that serueth hym. Haleluiah. |
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."