I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother’s sons.

[a]For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me.

10 I [b]wept and my soul fasted, but that was to my reproof.

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Notas al pie

  1. Psalm 69:9 When I saw thine enemies pretend thy Name only in mouth, and in their life deny the same, thine holy Spirit, thrust me forward, to reprove them and defend thy glory.
  2. Psalm 69:10 My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation.

I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(B)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(C)
10 When I weep and fast,(D)
    I must endure scorn;

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