Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 52:1 | To the chaunter, an exortacyon of Dauid, when Doeg the Edomyte came to Saul, and shewed him, sayinge: Dauid is come to the house Ahymelech. Why boastest thou thy self, thou Tyraunt, that thou canst do myschefe? |
| 52:2 | Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. |
| 52:3 | Thy tonge ymagineth wyckednesse, & wyth lyes thou cuttest lyke a sharpe rasoure. |
| 52:4 | Thou hast loued vngracyousnesse more then goodnes, & to talke of lyes more then ryghteousnesse. Sela. |
| 52:5 | Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that maye do hurt, O thou false tonge. |
| 52:6 | Therfore shall God destroye the for euer: he shall take the & plucke the out of thy dwelling, & rote the out of the land of the lyuing. Sela. |
| 52:7 | The ryghteous also shall se this, & feare, & shall laugh him to scorne. |
| 52:8 | Lo, this is the man, that toke not God for hys strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his ryches, & strengthed hym selfe in his wickednesse. |
| 52:9 | As for me, I am lyke a grene olyue tre in the house of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer & euer. I wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the, for that thou hast done: & I wyll hope in thy name, for thy saynctes lyke it well. |
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."