Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 88:1 | A song and Psalme of the sonnes of Corah, to the chaunter vpon Mahelath, to geue thankes: an instruccion of Heman the Ezrahyte. O lorde God of my saluacion, I haue cryed daye and nyght before the: Oh let my prayer entre into thy presence, encline thyne eare vnto my callynge. |
| 88:2 | For my soule is full of trouble, and my lyfe draweth nye vnto hell. |
| 88:3 | I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pytte, and I haue bene euen as a man that hath no strength. |
| 88:4 | Fre amonge the deed, lyke vnto them that be wounded lye in the graue, whych be out of remebraunce, and are cut awaye from thy hande: |
| 88:5 | Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytt, in a place of darcknesse and in the depe. |
| 88:6 | Thyne indignacyon lyeth harde vpon me, and thou hast vexed me wyth all thy stormes. Selah. |
| 88:7 | Thou hast put awaye myne acquaintaunce farre fro me, and made me to be abhorred of them: |
| 88:8 | I am so fast in preson, that I can not get forth. |
| 88:9 | My syght fayleth for very trouble: Lorde I haue called dayly vpon the, I haue stretched out myne handes vnto the. |
| 88:10 | Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed? Or shall the deed ryse vp agayne, and prayse the? |
| 88:11 | Shall thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue, or thy faythfulnesse in destruccion? |
| 88:12 | Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darcke, and thy ryghtuousnes in the lande where all thynges are forgotten? |
| 88:13 | Unto the haue I cryed O Lorde, and early shall my prayer come before the. |
| 88:14 | Lorde, why abhorrest thou my soule? and hydest thou thy face fro me? |
| 88:15 | I am in mysery, & lyke vnto hym that is at the poynt to dye (euen fro my youth vp) thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mynde. |
| 88:16 | Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me, and the feare of the hath vndone me. |
| 88:17 | They came rounde about me daylye lyke water, and compassed me together on euery syde. |
| 88:18 | My louers and frendes hast thou put awaye fro me, and hyd myne acquayntaunce out of my syght. |
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."