Psalms 69:8
A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
In Context
7For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
9For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.
Cross References
Job 19:13My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
Psalms 89:52Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jeremiah 15:15Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know — I have borne for Thee reproach.
Matthew 10:21'And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →