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The Great Bible 1539
| 18:1 | To the chaunter of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of thys song, (in the daye that the Lorde delyuered hym from the hande of all hys enemyes, and from the hande of Saul) and he sayde: I Will loue the, O Lorde, my strength. The Lorde is my stony rock, & my defence, my sauyour, my God, & my might, in whom I wyll trust: my buckler, the horne also of my saluacyon, and my refuge. |
| 18:2 | I will call vpon the Lord, which is worthy to be praysed, so shall I be safe fro myne enemyes. |
| 18:3 | The sorowes of deeth compassed me, & the ouerflowinges of vngodlynesse made me afrayed. |
| 18:4 | The paynes of hell came about me, the snares of deeth ouertoke me. |
| 18:5 | In my trouble wyll I call vpon the Lorde: & complayne vnto my God. |
| 18:6 | So shall he heare my voyce out of his temple, & my complaynte shall come before him, it shall entre euen into hys cares. |
| 18:7 | The erth trembled & quaked, the very foundacions also of the hylles shoke & were remoued, because he was wroth. |
| 18:8 | There went a smoke out in his presence: & a consumynge fyre out of hys mouth, so that coales were kyndled at it. |
| 18:9 | He bowed the heauens also, & came downe, and it was darcke vnder his fete. |
| 18:10 | He rode vpon the cherubins, & dyd flye: he came flying vpon the wynges of the wynde. |
| 18:11 | He made darcknes hys secrete place: hys pauylion rounde aboute hym, with darcke water and thycke cloudes to couer hym. |
| 18:12 | At the bryghtnesse of hys presence hys cloudes remoued, hayle stones and coales of fyer. |
| 18:13 | The Lorde also thondred out of the heauen, & the hyest gaue his thondre, hayle stones, and coales of fyer. |
| 18:14 | He sent out his arowes and scattered them, he cast forth lyghtnynges, & destroyed them. |
| 18:15 | The sprynges of waters were sene, & the foundacions of the round worlde were discouered at thy chydinge, O Lorde, at the blastynge of the breth of thy displeasure. |
| 18:16 | He shall send downe from the heygth to fetch me, & shall take me out of many waters. |
| 18:17 | He shall delyuer me from my strongest enemye, & from them which hate me: for they are to myghty for me. |
| 18:18 | They preuented me in the daye of my trouble: but the Lorde was my vpholder. |
| 18:19 | He brought me forth also into a place of liberty: he brought me forth, euen because he had a fauoure vnto me. |
| 18:20 | The Lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealing: accordinge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompense me. |
| 18:21 | Because I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde: and haue not forsaken wyckedlye my God. |
| 18:22 | For I haue an eye vnto all hys lawes: & wyll nott cast out hys commaundementes fro me. |
| 18:23 | I was also vncorrupte before him: and eschued myne awne wickednes. |
| 18:24 | Therfore shall the Lord rewarde me after my righteous dealing: and according vnto the clennes of my handes in hys eye syght. |
| 18:25 | With the holy thou shalt be holy, and wt a perfecte man thou shalt be perfect. |
| 18:26 | With the cleane thou shalt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou shalt lerne frowardnes. |
| 18:27 | For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersite, and shalt brynge downe the hye lookes of the proude. |
| 18:28 | Thou also shalt lighte my candelle: the Lorde my God shall make my darcknes to be light. |
| 18:29 | For in the I shall disconfyte an hoost of men: and wt the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wall. |
| 18:30 | The waye of God is an vndefyled waye the worde of the Lorde also is tryed in the fyre: he is the defender of all them that putt their trust in him. |
| 18:31 | For who is God but the Lorde? or who hath any strength except or God? |
| 18:32 | It is God that gyrdeth me wt strength of warre, and maketh my waye parfecte. |
| 18:33 | He maketh my fete lyke hertes fete: and setteth me vp on hye. |
| 18:34 | He teacheth myne handes to fyght, & myne armes shall breake euen a bow of steele. |
| 18:35 | Thou hast geuen me the defence of thy saluacion: thy right hande also shall holde me vp, and thy louynge correccion shall make me greate. |
| 18:36 | Thou shalt make rowme ynough vnder me for to go, that my fote steppes shall not slyde. |
| 18:37 | I wyll folowe vpon myne enemies, & ouertake them: neyther wyll I turne agayne, tyll I haue destroyed them. |
| 18:38 | I will smyte them, that they shall not be able to stande: but fall vnder my fete. |
| 18:39 | Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto the battayll, thou shalt throwe downe myne enemyes vnder me. |
| 18:40 | Thou hast made myne enemyes also to turne theyr backes vpon me, & I shall destroye them that hate me. |
| 18:41 | They shall crye: but there shalbe none to helpe them: yee, euen vnto the Lord, shall they crye: but he shall nott heare them. |
| 18:42 | I wyll beate them as small as the dust before the wynde: I will cast them out, as the claye in the stretes. |
| 18:43 | Thou shalt delyuer me from the stryuinges of the people: and thou shalte make me the head of the Heythen. |
| 18:44 | A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me. |
| 18:45 | Assone as they heare of me, they shall obey me: but the straunge chyldren shall dissemble with me. |
| 18:46 | The straunge chyldren shall fayle, and be afrayed out of theyr presons. |
| 18:47 | The Lorde lyueth: & blessed be my strong helper, and praysed be the God of my saluacyon. |
| 18:48 | Euen the God which seeth that I be auenged, and subdueth the people vnto me. |
| 18:49 | It is he that delyuereth me from my enemyes, and setteth me vp aboue myne aduersaryes: thou shalt rydd me from the wycked man. |
| 18:50 | For this cause I will geue thankes vnto the, O Lorde, amonge the Gentyles, and synge prayses vnto thy name. Greate prosperite geueth he vnto his kinge: and sheweth louyng kyndnesse vnto Dauid hys anoynted, & vnto hys seede for euermore. |
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."