Psalms 69:8 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Psalms 69:8

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Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

When I wept, {and chastened} my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

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Psalms 69:1

"[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul."

Psalms 69:2

"I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. {deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth} {deep waters: Heb. depth of waters}"

Psalms 69:3

"I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."

Psalms 69:4

"They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, {being} mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored {that} which I took not away."

Psalms 69:5

"O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}"

Psalms 69:6

"Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel."

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