Psalms 69:8

8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;

Psalms 69:8 in Other Translations

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.

8 Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me; they treat me like a stranger.

8 My brothers shun me like a bum off the street; My family treats me like an unwanted guest.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons

Psalms 69:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 69:8

I am become a stranger unto my brethren
Not only to the Jews in general, who were his own people and nation, to whom he came, and of whom he came; who received him not, hid as it were their faces from him, and rejected him as the Messiah; but also to such who were still nearer akin to him, according to the flesh, who did not believe in him, ( John 7:5 ) ; and even in some sense to his disciples and followers; some of which having heard some doctrines delivered by him not agreeable to them, withdrew from him, and walked no more with him, ( John 6:60 John 6:66 ) ; yea, to his apostles, whom he often called his brethren: one of these betrayed him, another denied him with oaths and cursing, and all of them forsook him and fled, when he was taken by his enemies, and about to suffer death;

and an alien unto my mother's children;
which is the same as before, in other words. The Targum is,

``as the son of the Gentiles to my mother's children;''

that is, as an Heathen to them; see ( Matthew 18:17 ) .

Psalms 69:8 In-Context

6 Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

8 I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;

9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

Cross References

• 1. Job 19:13-15; Psalms 31:11; Psalms 38:11; Isaiah 53:3; John 7:5