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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 74:1 | An instruccion of Asaph. O God, wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane away? why is thy wrath so hoote agaynste the shepe of thy pasture? |
| 74:2 | O thynke vpon thy congregacion, whome thou hast purchased from the beginnyng: the stafe of thyne enheritaunce, whome thou hast redemed, euen this hyll of Sion wherein thou dwellest. |
| 74:3 | Treade vpon them with thy fete, and cast them doune to the grounde, for the enemye hath destroyed altogether in the Sanctuary. |
| 74:4 | Thyne aduersaries roare in thy houses, & set vp their banners for tokens. |
| 74:5 | Men may se the axes glyster aboue, lyke as those that hewe in the wood. |
| 74:6 | They cut doune all the syelyng worke of the Sanctuary with bylles and axes. |
| 74:7 | They haue set fyre vpon the Sanctuary, they haue defyled the dwellyng place of thy name, euen vnto the grounde. |
| 74:8 | Yea, they say in their hertes: let vs spoyle them altogether, thus haue they brent vp all the houses of God in the lande. |
| 74:9 | We se oure tokens no more, there is not one Prophet more, no not one that vnderstandeth any more. |
| 74:10 | O God, how long shall the aduersary do this dishonoure? how longe shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? for euer? |
| 74:11 | Why withdrawest thou thine hand? why pluckest thou not thy right hande out of thy bosome, to consume thyne enemyes? |
| 74:12 | But God is my Kynge of olde, the helpe that is done vpon earth, he doth it hym selfe. |
| 74:13 | Thou deuidest the sea thorow thy power thou breakest the heades of the dragons in the waters. |
| 74:14 | Thou smitest the heades of Leuiathan in peces, and geuest him to be meate for people in the wyldernes. |
| 74:15 | Thou diggest vp welles and brokes, thou dryest vp myghty waters. |
| 74:16 | The daye is thyne, and the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the lightes and the sunne. |
| 74:17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the earth, thou hast made both sommer and winter. |
| 74:18 | Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy rebuketh, and howe the folyshe people blaspheme thy name. |
| 74:19 | O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beastes, and forget not the congregacyon of the poore for euer. |
| 74:20 | Loke vpon the couenaunte, for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wyckednesse. |
| 74:21 | O let not the symple go awaye ashamed: for the poore and nedy geue prayses vnto thy name. |
| 74:22 | Aryse, O God, and mayntaine thine own cause, remembre howe the folyshe man blasphemeth the daylye. |
| 74:23 | Forget not the voyce of thyne enemyes, for the presumptyon of them that hate the, increaseth euer more and more |
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.