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The Great Bible 1539
| 149:1 | Haleluiah. Prayse the euerlastynge. O synge vnto the Lorde a newe songe, let the congregacyon of sainctes prayse hym. |
| 149:2 | Let Israel reioyce in him that made hym, and let the chyldren of Sion be ioyfull in their king. |
| 149:3 | Let them prayse his name in the daunce, let them synge prayses vnto hym with tabrette & harpe. |
| 149:4 | For the Lorde hath pleasure in hys people, and helpeth the meke harted. |
| 149:5 | Let the saynctes be ioyfull with glory, let them reioyse in their beddes. |
| 149:6 | Let the prayses of God be in their mouth, and a two edged swerde in their handes. |
| 149:7 | To be auenged of the Heathen, and to rebuke the people. |
| 149:8 | To bynde their Kynges in cheynes, and their nobles wt lynkes of yron. |
| 149:9 | That they maye be auenged of them, as it is wrytten: soche honoure haue all hys saynctes. 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."