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The Great Bible 1539
| 47:1 | To the chaunter, a Psalme for the chyldren of Corah. O clappe youre handes together (all ye people) O syng vnto God wyth the voyce of melodye. |
| 47:2 | For the Lord is hye and to be feared, he is the great kynge vpon all the earth. |
| 47:3 | He shall subdue the people vnder vs, and the nacions vnder oure fete. |
| 47:4 | He shall chose out an heritage for vs: euen the worshyppe of Iacob whom he loued. Sela. |
| 47:5 | God is gone vp wyth a mery noyse, & the Lord wyth the sownde of the trompe. |
| 47:6 | O syng prayses, syng prayses vnto God: O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto oure kyng. |
| 47:7 | For God is kyng of all the earth synge ye prayses wt vnderstandyng. |
| 47:8 | God raygneth ouer the Heithen, God sytteth vpon hys holy seate. |
| 47:9 | The princes of the people are ioyned vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for God (which is very hye exalted) doth defende the earth, as it were wyth a shylde. |
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."