Psalms 69:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 69:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am become a stranger unto my brethren - That is, They treat me as they would a stranger; as one in whom they have no interest, and whom they regard with no friendship. Compare the notes at Psa...
Psalms 69:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXIX. A Prayer for Deliverance and Revenge. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship ( Psalms 69:9 ). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches o...
Psalms 69:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a stranger. Compare John 1:11 . children . sons.
Psalms 69:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Psalms 69:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. -He appeals in support of his prayer to God's knowledge that he suffers reproach and estrangement, as if he were foolish...
Psalms 69:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31 , 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suf...
Psalms 69:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mother’s children. — See Note Song of Solomon 1:6 .
Psalms 69:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:1-36 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35 . The supposition that Jeremiah...
Psalms 69:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry out of Deep Waters Psalms 69:1-17 This psalm and the Psalms 22:1-31 are quoted most often in the New Testament as referring to our Lord. Psalms 69:1-36 is very sad. Throughout we dete...
Psalms 69:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and te...
Psalms 69:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Oh! how precious are these words of our Christ! And how were they all fulfilled in his own sacred person! When he came to his own, his own received him not. And was not Jesus treated worse than a str...
Psalms 69:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 fa...
Psalms 69:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. Ver. 8. I am become a stranger unto my brethren ] No otherwise than as if I were a mamzer (so the Hebrews call a ba...
Psalms 69:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because for thy sake For my trust in thy promises, obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy glory; “because I adhere to thee, and will use no unlawful means to right myself;” I have borne repro...
Psalms 69:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim. A psalm of David. 1 Save me, O God; for the water...
Psalms 69:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My nearest kinsmen estranged themselves from me; partly out of fear, test they should be involved in my sufferings; and chiefly out of dislike of his piety and excessive zeal in religion, as it here...
Psalms 69:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “ To the chief musician .” See the introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Upon Shoshannim . See the introduction to...
Psalms 69:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large clas...
Psalms 69:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Je...
Psalms 69:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. Human suffering I. Man’s sufferings are sometimes overwhelmingly great. This shows-- 1. The abnormal state of man. Was man made to su...
Psalms 69:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins ( Psalms 69:5 ), but mainly for the sake of God ( Psalms 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
Psalms 69:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messiah's Vicarious Suffering. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to s...
Psalms 69:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:28 ; Job 19:13-19 ; John 1:11 ; John 7:5 ; Micah 7:5 ; Micah 7:6 ; Matthew 10:21 ; Matthew 10:22 ; Matthew 10:35 ; Matthew 10:36 ; Psalms 31:11
Psalms 69:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Psalm of the Trespass Offering Psalms 69:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms t...

Psalms 69:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 69:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 69:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 69:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 69:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 69:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 69:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 69:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 69:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary