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The Great Bible 1539
| 79:1 | A Psalme of Asaph. O God the Heathen are come into thy inheritaunce: thy holy temple haue they defyled, and made Ierusalem an heape of stones. |
| 79:2 | The deed bodyes of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to be meate, vnto the foules of the ayre, and the flesh of thy saynctes vnto the beastes of the lande. |
| 79:3 | Their bloud haue they shed lyke water on euery syde of Ierusalem, and there was no man to burye them. |
| 79:4 | We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies, a very scorne and derysyon vnto them that are rounde aboute us. |
| 79:5 | Lorde, how longe wylt thou be angrye? shall thy gelousy burne lyke fyre for euer? |
| 79:6 | Poure out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowne the, and vpon the kyngdome that haue not called vpon thy name. |
| 79:7 | For they haue deuoured Iacob, and layed waste his dwellinge place. |
| 79:8 | O remembre not oure olde synnes, but haue mercy vpon vs, and that soone, for we are come to greate misery. |
| 79:9 | Helpe vs, O God of oure saluacion, for the glory of thy name: O delyuer vs, and be mercyfull vnto oure synnes for thy names sake. |
| 79:10 | Wherfore do the Heathen saye: where is now their God? |
| 79:11 | O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed, be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in oure syght. |
| 79:12 | O let the sorowfull syghyng of the presoners come before the: accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power, preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye. |
| 79:13 | And for the blasphemy (wherwith oure neyghbours haue blasphemed the) rewarde thou them, O Lorde, seuen folde into their bosome. So we, that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture, shall geue the thanckes for euer, and wyl alwaye be shewynge forth thy prayse from generacion to generacion. |
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."