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The Great Bible 1539
| 58:1 | To the chaunter Destroye not. The badge or armes of Dauid. Are your myndes sett vpon ryghteousnes, O ye congregacyon? and do ye iudge the thyng that is right O ye sonnes of men? |
| 58:2 | Yee, ye ymagyn mischef in your hert vpon the earth, and youre handes deale with wyckednesse. |
| 58:3 | The vngodly are frowarde, euen from their mothers wombe: as soone as they be borne, they go a straye and speake lyes. |
| 58:4 | They are as venymous as the poyson of a serpent, euen lyke the deaf Ader that stoppeth her eares. |
| 58:5 | Which refuseth to heare the voyce of the charmer, charme he neuer so wisely. |
| 58:6 | Breake theyr teth (O God) in their mouthes, smyte the chawe bones of the lyons (O Lorde:) |
| 58:7 | Let them fall awaye lyke water that runneth a pace: & when they shote theyr arowes, lett them be roted out. |
| 58:8 | Let them consume awaye lyke a snayle, and be lyke the vntimely frute of a woman, and let them not se the sonne. |
| 58:9 | Or euer your pottes be made whot with thornes: so let indygnacyon vexe hym, euen as a thynge that is rawe. |
| 58:10 | The ryghteous shall reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce: he shal wash hys fote stepes in the bloude of the vngodly. |
| 58:11 | So that a man shall saye: verely there is a rewarde for the ryghteous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth in the earth. |
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."