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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 12:1 | To the chaunter vpon Sheminith, a Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for there is not one saincte more: very fewe faythfull are there amonge the chyldren of men. |
| 12:2 | Euery man telleth lyes too his neyghbour, they do but flatter with their lyppes and dissemble in their herte. |
| 12:3 | O that the Lorde wolde rote out all disceatfull lyppes, and the tonge that speaketh proude thynges. |
| 12:4 | Which saye: oure tonge shoulde preuayle we are they that oughte too speake, who is Lord ouer vs? |
| 12:5 | Now for the troubles sake of the oppressed, and because of the complainte of the poore I will vp (sayeth the Lord) I wil helpe them, & set them at rest. |
| 12:6 | The wordes of the Lord are pure wordes euen as the siluer, which from earth is tryed and purified .vij. tymes in the fyre. |
| 12:7 | Kepe them therfore (O Lorde) and preserue vs from this generacion for euer. |
| 12:8 | And why? when vanite & ydelnes getteth the ouerhande among the chyldren of men, all are full of the vngodly. |
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.