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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 49:1 | To the chaunter, a Psalme of the chyldren of Corah. O heare thys, all ye people: pondre it wel, all ye that dwel vpon the earth. |
| 49:2 | Hye & lowe, & rych & poore, one wyth another. |
| 49:3 | My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandynge. |
| 49:4 | I will enclyne myne eare to the parable, and shewe my darke speach vpon the harpe. |
| 49:5 | Wherfore should I feare the euel dayes, when the wickednesse of my heles compaseth me rounde aboute? |
| 49:6 | They that put their trust in their good, & boast theym selfes in the multitude of theyr ryches. |
| 49:7 | No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God. |
| 49:8 | For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer. |
| 49:9 | Yea, though he liue longe, and se not the graue. |
| 49:10 | For it shalbe sene, that such wyse men shal dye and perysh together, as wel as the ignoraunt and folysh, and leue their goodes for other. |
| 49:11 | Loke what is in their houses, it contynueth still: their dwellyng places endure from one generacion to another, and are called after their owne names vpon the earth. |
| 49:12 | Neuerthelesse man abydeth not in suche honour, but is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them. |
| 49:13 | This waye of theirs is very folyshnesse, and yet their posteritie prayse it wyth theyr mouth. Selah. |
| 49:14 | They lye in the hell like shepe, death shall gnawe vpon theim, and the righteous shall haue dominacion of theim in the mornynge by tymes: their strength shall consume, and hell shalbe their dwellynge. |
| 49:15 | But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of hell, when he receyueth me. Selah. |
| 49:16 | O be not thou afraied, when one is made ryche, & the glory of hys house increased. |
| 49:17 | For he shall cary nothynge away wyth hym when he dyeth, neither shall his pompe folowe hym. |
| 49:18 | Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happy man: and so long as he is in prosperitie, men speake good of hym. |
| 49:19 | But when he foloweth his fathers generacion, he shall neuer se light any more. |
| 49:20 | When a man is in honour and hath no vnderstandinge, he is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them. |
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.