Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 63:1 | A psalme of Dauid, when he was in the wildernes of Iuda. O God, thou art my God, early wil I seke the. |
| 63:2 | My soule thrusteth for the: my flesh also longeth after the in a baren and drye lande, where no water is. |
| 63:3 | Thus haue I loked for the in holynesse that I myght beholde thy power and glory. |
| 63:4 | For thy louing kindnes is better then thy lyfe it selfe: my lippes shal prayse the. |
| 63:5 | As longe as I lyue will I magnyfye the on this maner, and lyft vp my handes in thy name. |
| 63:6 | My soule shalbe satisfyed euen as it were with mary and fatnesse, when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lyppes. |
| 63:7 | Haue I not remembred the in my bedd, & thought vpon the, whan I was wakynge? |
| 63:8 | Because thou hast bene my helper, therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges will I reioyse. |
| 63:9 | My soule hangeth vpon the, thy ryght hand hath vpholden me. |
| 63:10 | These also that seke the hurt of my soule, they shal go vnder the earth. |
| 63:11 | Lett them fall vpon the edge of the sweard, that they maye be a porcyon for foxes. But the kyng shall reioyse in God: all they also that sweare by him shalbe commended, for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shalbe stopped. |
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."