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The Great Bible 1539
| 17:1 | A prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lorde, consydre my complaynte, & herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not out of fayned lyppes. |
| 17:2 | Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: and let thyne eyes loke vpon the thing that is equall. |
| 17:3 | Thou hast proued & visyted myne herte in the nyght season: thou haste tryed me and shalt fynde no wyckednesse in me: for I am vtterly purposed, that my mouth shall not offende. |
| 17:4 | Because of mens worckes that are done agaynst the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kepte me from the wayes of the destroyer. |
| 17:5 | O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes, that my fote steppes slyppe not. |
| 17:6 | I haue called vpon the, O God, for thou shalt heare me: enclyne thyne eare to me, and herken vnto my wordes. |
| 17:7 | Shewe thy maruelous louynge kyndnesse, thou that art the sauyour of them which put theyr trust in the, from soch as resyst thy ryght hande. |
| 17:8 | Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges. |
| 17:9 | From the vngodly that trouble me: mine enemies compasse me round about, to take awaye my soule. |
| 17:10 | They are enclosed in their awne fatt: & their mouth speaketh proude thinges. |
| 17:11 | They lye waytynge in oure waye on euery syde, turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde. |
| 17:12 | Lyke as a lyon that is gredy of hys praye, and as it were a lyons whelpe lurcking in secrete places. |
| 17:13 | Up Lorde, disapoynte hym, and cast hym downe: delyuer my soule from the vngodly which is as a swearde of thyne. |
| 17:14 | From the men of thy hande, O Lorde from the men, I saye, and from the euyll worlde, which haue their porcion in thys lyfe, whose belyes thou fyllest wt thy hyd treasure. |
| 17:15 | They haue children at their desyre: & leaue the reste of theyr substaunce for theyr babes. But as for me, I wyll beholde thy presence in righteousnes: & when I awake vp after thy lykenes, I shalbe satisfyed with it. |
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."