Psalms 69:8
6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- KJV
- I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
- 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.
- DARBY
- I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
- BLB
- I have become a stranger to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.
- ÅB
- Jeg er blitt fremmed for mine brødre og en utlending for min mors barn.
- OTB
- Jeg har blitt fremmedgjort fra mine brødre,
Og en fremmed for min mors sønner. - B1930
- Jeg er blitt fremmed for mine brødre og en utlending for min mors barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 31:11
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Read in contextJohn 7:5
For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
Read in contextJohn 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Read in contextMatthew 10:35–36
For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Read in contextPsalms 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Read in contextMicah 7:5–6
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Read in contextMatthew 26:70–74
But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
Read in contextJob 19:13–19
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
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