Psalm 69:8

8 Entfremdet bin ich meinen Brüdern, und ein Fremdling geworden den Söhnen meiner Mutter.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 69:8 In-Context

6 Laß nicht durch mich beschämt werden, die auf dich harren, Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen! Laß nicht durch mich zu Schanden werden, die dich suchen, Gott Israels!

7 Denn deinetwegen trage ich Hohn, hat Schande bedeckt mein Antlitz.

8 Entfremdet bin ich meinen Brüdern, und ein Fremdling geworden den Söhnen meiner Mutter.

9 Denn der Eifer um dein Haus hat mich verzehrt, und die Schmähungen derer, die dich schmähen, sind auf mich gefallen.

10 Als ich weinte, und meine Seele im Fasten war, da wurde es mir zu Schmähungen;