Psalms 69:8
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 69 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of David depicting deep suffering — more waters than he can stand, a pit of mud, throat raw from crying. He has borne reproach for God's sake and is estranged from family. The famous verse 'Zeal for your …
Other Translations
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.
Cross References
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and …
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they …
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it …
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from …
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother …
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise …
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall …