¶ Contend, O LORD, with those who 1contend with me; Fight against those who 2fight against me.
Take hold of [a]3buckler and shield And rise up for 4my help.
Draw also the spear and [b]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am 5your salvation.”
Let those be 6ashamed and dishonored who seek my [c]life; Let those be 7turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Let them be 8like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Let their way be dark and 9slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
For 10without cause they 11hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a [d]pit for my soul.
Let 12destruction come upon him unawares, And 13let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very 14destruction let him fall.
¶ And my soul shall 15rejoice in the LORD; It shall 16exult in His salvation.
All my 17bones will say, “LORD, 18who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him 19who is too strong for him, And 20the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”
21Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.
They 22repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul.
But as for me, 23when they were sick, my 24clothing was sackcloth; I 25humbled my soul with fasting, And my 26prayer kept returning to my bosom.
I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I 27bowed down [e]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
But 28at my [f]stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The [g]29smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They [h]30slandered me without ceasing.
Like godless jesters at a feast, They 31gnashed at me with their teeth.
¶ Lord, 32how long will You look on? Rescue my soul 33from their ravages, My 34only life from the lions.
I will 35give You thanks in the great congregation; I will 36praise You among a mighty throng.
37Do not let those who are wrongfully 38my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those 39who hate me without cause [i]40wink maliciously.
For they do not speak peace, But they devise 41deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
They 42opened their mouth wide against me; They said, “43Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
¶ 44You have seen it, O LORD, 45do not keep silent; O Lord, 46do not be far from me.
47Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
48Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness, And 49do not let them rejoice over me.
Do not let them say in their heart, “50Aha, our desire!” Do not let them say, “We have 51swallowed him up!”
Let 52those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress; Let those be 53clothed with shame and dishonor who 54magnify themselves over me.
¶ Let them 55shout for joy and rejoice, who favor 56my vindication; And 57let them say continually, “The LORD be magnified, Who 58delights in the prosperity of His servant.”
And 59my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.
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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