a stranger. Compare John 1:11.
children. sons.
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 re...
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...
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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...
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...
Cp. Jeremiah 12:6 .
Mother’s children. — See Note Song of Solomon 1:6 .
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...
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...
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 u...
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 h...
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 c...
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 th...
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 un...
Complaints and Petitions. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim. A psalm...
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...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “ To the chief musician .” See the introduction to Psalm...
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 th...
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 h...
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--...
For Thy sake I have borne reproach. Suffering torture for Christ’s sake An echo of the Boxer risings in China was heard in the address of Dr. W...
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 G...
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 m...
I am become a stranger unto My brethren, the members of His own nation regarding Him with aversion in His great Passion, and an alien unto My mother...
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 10:3...
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 Calvar...
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.