Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | A psalme of Dauid when he fledd from the face of Absalon hys sonne. Lord, howe are they increased, that trouble me? many are they, that ryse against me. |
| 3:2 | Many one there be, that saye of my soule: there is no helpe for hym in God. Sela. |
| 3:3 | But thou O Lorde, arte my defender: thou arte my worshyppe, and the lyfter vp of my heed. |
| 3:4 | I did call vpon the Lorde with my voyce, and he hearde me out of hys holy hyll. Sela. |
| 3:5 | I layed me downe and slepte, and rose vp agayne, for the Lorde susteyned me. |
| 3:6 | I will not be afrayde for ten thousandes of the people, that haue set them selues agaynst me rounde about. |
| 3:7 | Up Lorde, & helpe me, O my God, for thou smyttest all myne enemyes vpon the cheke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly. |
| 3:8 | Saluacyon belongeth vnto the Lorde, and thy blessynge is vpon thy people. Selah. |
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."