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The Great Bible 1539
| 51:1 | To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid, when the prophet Nathan came vnto him, after he was gone in to Bethsabe. Haue mercy vpon me (O God) after thy goodnes: accordyng vnto the multitude of thy mercyes, do awaye myne offences. |
| 51:2 | Wash me thorowly fro my wickednesse, & clense me from my synne. |
| 51:3 | For I knowledg my fautes, & my synne is euer before me. |
| 51:4 | Agaynst the onely haue I synned, and done this euell in thy syght: that thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge, & cleare when thou art iudged. |
| 51:5 | Beholde, I was shapen in wyckednesse, & in synne hath my mother conceaued me. |
| 51:6 | But lo, thou requirest treuth in the inward partes, and shalt make me to vnderstonde wysdome secretly. |
| 51:7 | Thou shalt pourge me with Isope, and I shall be cleane: thou shalt wash me, & I shalbe whyter then snowe: |
| 51:8 | Thou shalt make me heare of ioye and gladnesse, that the bones whych thou hast broken, maye reioyse. |
| 51:9 | Turne thy face from my synnes, & put out all my mysdedes. |
| 51:10 | Make me a cleane hert (O God) and renue a ryght sprete wythin me. |
| 51:11 | Cast me not awaye from thy presence, & take not thy holy sprete from me. |
| 51:12 | O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, & stablysh me wyth thy fre sprete. |
| 51:13 | Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked, and synners shall be conuerted vnto the. |
| 51:14 | Delyuer me from bloud gyltynesse (O God) thou that art the God of my health, and my tonge shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse. |
| 51:15 | Thou shalt open my lyppes (O Lord) my mouth shal shewe thy prayse. |
| 51:16 | For thou desyrest no sacrifyce, els wolde I geue it the: but thou delytest not in burntofferynge. |
| 51:17 | The sacrifyce of God is a troubled sprete, a broken and a contrite hert (O God) shalt thou not despyse. |
| 51:18 | O be fauorable & gracyous vnto Syon, buylde thou the walles of Ierusalem. |
| 51:19 | Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of ryghteousnesse, wyth the burntofferynges & oblacions: then shall they offre yonge bullockes vpon thyne aulter. |
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."