Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 69:8
8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons
Psalms 69:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
- New International Version (NIV)I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;
Context of Psalms 69:8
6Do not let those who put their hope in you be disgraced because of me, Lord God of Armies; do not let those who seek you be humiliated because of me, God of Israel. 7For I have endured insults because of you, and shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons 9because zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. 10I mourned and fasted, but it brought me insults.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:8 word by word
מ֭וּזָר הָיִ֣יתִי לְאֶחָ֑י וְ֝נָכְרִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 69:8
- Psalms 31:11I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Matthew 26:48His betrayer had given them a sign: “The one I kiss, he’s the one; arrest him.”
- John 1:11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
- John 7:5(For not even his brothers believed in him.)
- 1 Samuel 17:28David’s oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him. “Why did you come down here?” he asked. “Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart — you came down to see the battle!”
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; don’t trust in a close companion. Seal your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms.
- Matthew 10:21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
Commentaries on Psalms 69:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I am become a stranger unto my brethren - That is, They treat me as they would a stranger; as one in whom they have no interest, and whom they regard with no friendship. Compare the notes at Psalm 31:11. And an alien unto my mother‘s children - A foreigner; one of another tribe or nation; one to whom they were bound by no tie of relationship. The allusion in the language “unto my mother‘s children” is intended to denote the most intimate relationship. In…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12Mistreated and abandoned by family, friends, and community, the psalmist seeks comfort, relief (Psalm 69:13–18), and justice (69:22–28) from the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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