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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 137:1 | By the waters of Babylon we sat downe and weapte, when we remembred Syon. |
| 137:2 | As for our harpes, we hanged them vpon the trees, that are therin. |
| 137:3 | Then they that led vs awaye captyue, requyred of vs a songe and melody in our heauynes: synge vs one of the songes of Syon. |
| 137:4 | How shall we synge the Lordes songe in a straunge land? |
| 137:5 | If I forget the, O Ierusalem, let my right hande be forgotten. |
| 137:6 | If I do not remember the, lette my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth. |
| 137:7 | Remember the children of Edom, O Lorde in the daye of Ierusalem, howe they sayde: doune wyth it, doune wyth it: euen to the grounde. |
| 137:8 | O daughter of Babilon, thou shalt come to mysery thyselfe: yea, happye shall he be, that rewardeth the as thou hast serued vs. |
| 137:9 | Blessed shall he be, that taketh thy chyldren, and throweth them agaynst the stones. |
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.