¶ 1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [a]2Far from my deliverance are the words of my [b]3groaning.
O my God, I 4cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but [c]I have no rest.
Yet 5You are holy, O You who [d]are enthroned upon 6the praises of Israel.
In You our fathers 7trusted; They trusted and You 8delivered them.
To You they cried out and were delivered; 9In You they trusted and were not [e]disappointed.
¶ But I am a 10worm and not a man, A 11reproach of men and 12despised by the people.
All who see me [f]13sneer at me; They [g]separate with the lip, they 14wag the head, saying,
“[h]Commit yourself to the LORD; 15let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
¶ Yet You are He who 16brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
Upon You I was cast 17from [i]birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
¶ 18Be not far from me, for [j]trouble is near; For there is 19none to help.
Many 20bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of 21Bashan have encircled me.
They 22open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring 23lion.
I am 24poured out like water, And all my 25bones are out of joint; My 26heart is like wax; It is melted within [k]me.
My 27strength is dried up like a potsherd, And 28my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You 29lay me [l]in the dust of death.
For 30dogs have surrounded me; [m]A band of evildoers has encompassed me; [n]They 31pierced my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones. 32They look, they stare at me;
They 33divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.
¶ But You, O LORD, 34be not far off; O You my help, 35hasten to my assistance.
Deliver my [o]soul from 36the sword, My 37only life from the [p]power of the dog.
Save me from the 38lion’s mouth; From the horns of the 39wild oxen You 40answer me.
¶ I will 41tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
42You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you [q]descendants of Jacob, 43glorify Him, And 44stand in awe of Him, all you [r]descendants of Israel.
For He has 45not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He 46hidden His face from him; But 47when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
¶ From You comes48my praise in the great assembly; I shall 49pay my vows before those who fear Him.
The [s]afflicted will eat and 50be satisfied; Those who seek Him will 51praise the LORD. Let your 52heart live forever!
All the 53ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the 54families of the nations will worship before [t]You.
For the 55kingdom is the LORD’S And He 56rules over the nations.
All the [u]57prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who 58go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who [v]59cannot keep his soul alive.
[w]60Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to 61the coming generation.
They will come and 62will declare His righteousness To a people 63who will be born, that He has performed it.
The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example
Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17
NKJV says
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
NWT says
15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,
The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.
Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.
When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not
The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches
Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.
As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example: New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).
In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings: "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures." And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?
As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.
Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”
Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.
Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?
Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.
I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.
I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.
What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.
We all fall short of the glory of G-d.
Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.
Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!
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