Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 54:1 | To the chaunter in melodyes, an instruccyon of Dauid, when the Zephites came and sayde vnto Saull: Hath not Dauid hyd hym selfe amongest vs? Saue me, O God, for thy names sake, and auenge me in thy strength |
| 54:2 | Heare my prayer, O God, & herken vnto the wordes of my mouth. |
| 54:3 | For straungers are rysen vp against me, and tyrauntes (whych haue not God before their eyes) seke after my soule. Sela. |
| 54:4 | Beholde, God is my helper, the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule. |
| 54:5 | He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemyes: destroye thou them in thy treuth. |
| 54:6 | An offeryng of a fre hert will I geue the, and prayse thy name (O Lord) because it is so comfortable. |
| 54:7 | For he hath delyuered me out of all my trouble, and myne eye hat sene his desyre vpon myne enemyes. |
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."