Psalms 69:8
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
Psalms 69:8 in other translations
| BSB | I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, |
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| WEB | I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children. |
| ASV | I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children. |
| YLT | A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. |
| DARBY | I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons; |
| BBE | I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children. |
| Webster | I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. |
What does Psalms 69:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:7-12
7-12. 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.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:1-12
We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of our danger, so that we may feel more gratitude and love, constraining us to live to His glory who died for our salvation. Hence we learn, when in affliction, to commit the keeping of our souls to God, that we may not be…
Psalms 69:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 69:8
- Psalms 31:11
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
- John 7:5
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
- John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
- Matthew 10:35-36
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
- Psalms 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- Micah 7:5-6
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
- Matthew 26:70-74
But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. …
- Job 19:13-19
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. …
- Matthew 10:21-22
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- 1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
- Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Matthew 26:48-50
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
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Context
- Psalms 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
- Psalms 69:8
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
- Psalms 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 69:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He sido extrañado de mis hermanos, y extraño á los hijos de mi madre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car à cause de toi j’ai porté l’opprobre, la confusion a couvert mon visage. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Entfremdet bin ich meinen Brüdern, und ein Fremdling geworden den Söhnen meiner Mutter. |