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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 69:1 | To the chaunter vpon Sosanim of Dauid. Helpe me, O god, for the waters are come in, euen vnto my soule. |
| 69:2 | I stycke fast in the depe myre where no ground is: I am come into depe waters, and the floudes wyll drowne me. |
| 69:3 | I am weery of crying, my throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for waytinge so longe, vpon my God. |
| 69:4 | They that hate me without a cause, are mo then the heeres of my head: they that are myne enemyes & wolde destroye me giltlesse are mighty: I am fayne to paye the thinges that I neuer toke. |
| 69:5 | God thou knowest my simplenesse, and my faultes are not hyd from the. |
| 69:6 | Let not them that trust in the, O Lord God of hoostes, be ashamed for my cause: let not those that seke the, be confounded thorowe me, O God of Israel. |
| 69:7 | And why? for thy sake do I suffre reprofe, shame couereth my face. |
| 69:8 | I am become a straunger vnto my brethren, and an aleaunt vnto my mothers chyldren. |
| 69:9 | For the zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked the, is fallen vpon me. |
| 69:10 | I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastyng, and that was turned to my reprofe. |
| 69:11 | I put on a sacke cloth, and therefore they iested vpon me. |
| 69:12 | They that sate in the gate, spake agaynste me, & the dronkardes made songes vpon me. |
| 69:13 | But Lorde I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme. Heare me, O God, with thy great mercy and sure helpe. |
| 69:14 | Take me out of the myre, that I sinke not Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the depe waters. |
| 69:15 | Lest the water floud drowne me, that the depe swalowe me not vp, and that the pytte shut not her mouth vpon me. |
| 69:16 | Heare me, O Lord, for thy louyng kyndnesse is comfortable: turne the vnto me according vnto thy great mercy. |
| 69:17 | Hyde not thy face from thy seruaunt, for I am in trouble: O haste the to helpe me. |
| 69:18 | Drawe nye vnto my soule, & saue it: Oh deliuer me because of myne enemyes. |
| 69:19 | Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonoure: myne aduersaries are all in thy sight. |
| 69:20 | The rebuke breaketh my herte, and maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pytye vpon me, but ther is no man: and for some to comforte me, but I fynde none. |
| 69:21 | They gaue me gall to eate, & when I was thurstye, they gaue me vinegar to dryncke. |
| 69:22 | Let their table be made a snare to take them selues with all, an occasyon to fall and a reward vnto them. |
| 69:23 | Let their eyes be blinded, that they se not: and euer bow downe their backes. |
| 69:24 | Power out thyne indignacyon vpon them, and let thy wrathfull dyspleasure take holde of them. |
| 69:25 | Let theyr habytacyon be voyd, and no man to dwel in ther tentes. |
| 69:26 | For they persecute hym whom thou hast smytten, and besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him mo. |
| 69:27 | Let them fall from one wyckednesse to another, and not come into thy ryghtuousnesse. |
| 69:28 | Let them be wyped out of the boke of the lyuynge, and not be wrytten amonge the ryghtuous. |
| 69:29 | As for me, I am poore and in heuines, let thy helpe defend me O God. |
| 69:30 | That I may praise the name of God, with a songe and magnyfye it wyth thanckesgeuynge. |
| 69:31 | Thys shall please the Lord better then a bullocke, that hath hornes and hoofes. |
| 69:32 | O consyder this and be glad (ye that be in aduersytye) seke after God, and youre soule shall lyue. |
| 69:33 | For the Lorde heareth the poore, and despyseth not hys priesoners. |
| 69:34 | Let heauen and earth praise him, the sea & all that moueth ther in. |
| 69:35 | For God wyll saue Syon, and buyld the cityes of Iuda, that men may dwel ther, and haue them in possession. |
| 69:36 | The sede of his seruauntes shall inherette it, and they that loue hys name shall dwell therein. |
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.