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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 102:1 | A prayer of the afflycte, when he was in woo, and powered oute hys complaynte before the Lord. Heare my prayer, O Lord, & and lette my crienge come vnto the. |
| 102:2 | Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble encline thyne eares vnto me when I call, O heare me, and that ryghte sone. |
| 102:3 | For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke, and my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande. |
| 102:4 | My herte smytten doune and wythered lyke grasse, so that I forgette too eate my bread. |
| 102:5 | For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh. |
| 102:6 | I am be come lyke a Pellicane in the wildernes, and lyke an owle in a broken wal. |
| 102:7 | I wake, and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe. |
| 102:8 | Myne enemyes reuyle me all the daye longe, they laugh me to scorne, & are sworne together agaynst me. |
| 102:9 | I eate ashes with my bread, and myngle my drynke with wepynge. |
| 102:10 | And that because of thyne indignacion & wrath, for thou hast taken me vp, and caste me awaye. |
| 102:11 | My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe, and I am wythered lyke grasse. |
| 102:12 | But thou O Lord, endurest for euer, and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacyons. |
| 102:13 | Aryse therfore & haue mercy vpon Sion, for it is time to haue mercy vpon her, yea, the tyme is come. |
| 102:14 | And why? thy seruauntes haue a loue too her stones, and it pitieth them to se her in the dust. |
| 102:15 | The Heathen shal feare thy name, O Lord, and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty. |
| 102:16 | For the Lorde shall buylde vp Sion, and shall apeare in hys glory. |
| 102:17 | He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, & despiseth not their desyre. |
| 102:18 | This shalbe wrytten for those that come after, that the people whiche shalbe borne, maye prayse the Lorde. |
| 102:19 | For he loketh doune from hys Sanctuary, out of the heauen doth the Lorde beholde the earth. |
| 102:20 | That he maye heare the mournynges of such as be in captiuitie, and deliuer the chyldren of death. |
| 102:21 | That they maye preache the name of the Lorde in Sion, and his worshippe at Hierusalem. |
| 102:22 | When the people are gathered together, & the kyngdomes also to serue the Lord. |
| 102:23 | He hath brought doune my strength in my iourney, and shortened my dayes. |
| 102:24 | Yet will I saye: O my God, take me not away in the myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorowe out all generacions. |
| 102:25 | Thou Lorde in the beginnyng hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thy handes. |
| 102:26 | They shal perish, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, & as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them, & they shalbe chaunged. |
| 102:27 | But thou art the same, & thy yeares shall not fayle. |
| 102:28 | The chyldren of thy seruauntes shall continue, and their sede shall prospere in thy sighte. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.