New English Translation
Psalms 69:8
8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
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
6Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel! 7For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced. My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner. 9Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. 10I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
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 31:11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering – those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
- Job 19:13“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
- Matthew 26:48(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)
- John 1:11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
- John 7:5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
- 1 Samuel 17:28When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”
- Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
- Matthew 10:21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise 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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