Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 26:1 | Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lorde, for I haue walked innocently: my trust hath bene also in the Lorde therfore shall I not fall. |
| 26:2 | Examen me, O Lord, & proue me: trye out my reynes and my hert. |
| 26:3 | For thy louynge kindenesse is before mine eyes, & I will walke in thy trueth. |
| 26:4 | I haue not dwelt with vayne personnes, nether wyll I haue fellishipe with the disceatfull. |
| 26:5 | I haue hated the congregacyon of the wicked, and will not syt amonge the vngodly. |
| 26:6 | I will washe my handes in innocencye, O Lorde, and so will I go to thyne aulter. |
| 26:7 | That I maye shewe the voyce of thankesgeuynge, and tell of all thy wonderous worckes. |
| 26:8 | Lorde, I haue loued the habitacion of thy house, & the place where thyne honoure dwelleth. |
| 26:9 | O shutt not vp my soule with the synners, ner my lyfe with the bloudthurstye. |
| 26:10 | In whose handes is wyckednesse, & their ryghthande is full of gyftes. |
| 26:11 | But as for me I will walcke innocently: O delyuer me, and be mercyfull vnto me. |
| 26:12 | My fote standeth ryght: I will prayse the Lorde in the congregacyons. |
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."