Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 56:1 | To the chaunter vpon the doue of him that was domme in a farre countreye: the badg (or armes) of Dauid, when the Philistines toke hym in Geth. Be mercyfull vnto me (O God) for man goeth about to deuoure me: he is dayly fyghtynge and troublyng me. |
| 56:2 | Myne enemyes are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fyght agaynst me, o thou moost hyest. |
| 56:3 | Neuerthelesse, though I am some tyme afrayed yet put I my trust in the. |
| 56:4 | I wyll prayse God, because of hys worde, I haue put my trust in God, & wyll not feare, what flesh can do vnto me. |
| 56:5 | They dayly mistake my wordes: all that they ymagyne is to do me euell. |
| 56:6 | They holde all together, & kepe them selues close: & marcke my steppes, whan they laye wayte for my soule. |
| 56:7 | Shall they escape for theyr wyckednes? thou (O God) in thy dyspleasure shalt cast them downe. |
| 56:8 | Thou tellest my flyttynges, put my teares in thy botell: are not these thinges noted in thy booke? |
| 56:9 | When soeuer I call vpon the, then shal myne enemies be put to flyght: thys I knowe, for God is on my syde. |
| 56:10 | In Gods wordes wyll I reioyse, in the Lordes worde wyll I comforte me. |
| 56:11 | Yee, in God haue I put my trust, I wyll not be afrayed what man can do vnto me. |
| 56:12 | Unto the (O God) wyl I paye my vowes, vnto the wyll I geue thankes. |
| 56:13 | For thou hast delyuered my soule from death, and my fete from falling, that I maye walke before God in the lyght of the lyuynge. |
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."