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The Great Bible 1539
| 49:1 | To the chaunter, a Psalme for the chyldren of Corah. O heare this, all ye people: pondre it with your eares, all ye that dwell in the worlde. |
| 49:2 | Hye and lowe, ryche and poore, one wyth another: |
| 49:3 | My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandyng. |
| 49:4 | I wyll enclyne myne eare to the parable, and shew my darcke speach vpon the harpe. |
| 49:5 | Wherfore shulde I feare in the dayes of wyckednesse, and when the wyckednesse of my heles compaseth me round about? |
| 49:6 | There be some that put theyr in trust their goodes, & boast them selues in the multitude of theyr ryches. |
| 49:7 | But no man maye delyuer hys brother, ner make agrement vnto God for hym. |
| 49:8 | For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules, so that he must let that alone for euer. |
| 49:9 | Yee, though he lyue longe, and se nat the graue. |
| 49:10 | For he seeth, that wyse men also dye, and peryshe together, as well as the ignoraunt & folysh, and leaue theyr ryches for other: |
| 49:11 | And yet they thynke, that theyr houses shall continue for euer, and that theyr dwelling places shall endure from one generacyon to another, & call the landes after theyr awne names. |
| 49:12 | Neuerthelesse, man wyll not abyde in honour, seyng he maye be compared vnto the beastes that peryshe: this is the waye of them. |
| 49:13 | Thys is their folyshnesse, and their posterite prayse their sayeng. Sela. |
| 49:14 | They lye in the hell lyke shepe, death gnaweth vpon them, and the ryghteous shall haue dominacyon of them in the mornynge: theyr bewtye shall consume in the sepulchre out of theyr dwellynge. |
| 49:15 | But God shall delyuer my soule from the place of hell, for he shall receaue me. Sela. |
| 49:16 | Be not thou afrayed though one be made ryche, or yf the glory of hys house be increased. |
| 49:17 | For he shall cary nothyng awaye with hym when he dyeth, nether shall hys pompe folowe hym: |
| 49:18 | For whyle he lyued, he counted hymselfe an happye man: and so longe as thou doest well vnto thy selfe, men wyll speake good of the. |
| 49:19 | He shall folowe the generacyons of hys fathers, and shall neuer se lyght. |
| 49:20 | Man beynge in honoure hath no vnderstandyng, but is compared vnto the beastes, that peryshe. |
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."