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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 143:1 | A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my prayer, O Lord, considre my desire: aunswere me for thy trueth and righteousnesse sake. |
| 143:2 | And entre not into iudgement with thy seruaunt, for in thy sighte shall no man lyuyng be iustefied. |
| 143:3 | For the enemye persecuteth my soule, he smyteth my lyfe doune too the grounde, he layeth me in the darkenesse, as the dead men of the worlde. |
| 143:4 | Therefore is my sprete vexed within me, and my herte within me is desolate. |
| 143:5 | Yet do I remembre the times past, I muse vpon all thy workes, yea, I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy handes. |
| 143:6 | I stretche forthe myne handes vnto the, my soule cryeth vnto the oute of the thyrstye lande. Selah. |
| 143:7 | Heare me, O Lorde, & that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not thy face fro me, lest I be lyke vnto theym that go doune into the graue. |
| 143:8 | O let me heare thy louyng kyndnesse by tymes in the morning, for in the is my trust: shew thou me the waye that I should walke in, for I lift vp my soule vnto the. |
| 143:9 | Deliuer me, O Lord, fro myne enemies, for I resorte vnto the. |
| 143:10 | Teache me to do the thynge that pleaseth the, for thou arte my God: lette thy louinge sprete leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes. |
| 143:11 | Quicken me, O Lord, for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble. |
| 143:12 | And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemyes abroade, & destroye all them that vexe my soule, for I am thy seruaunt. |
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.