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psalms 69:8

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Psalms 69:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 69:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 69:8

Theological / Devotional

My mother’s children. In an economy like that of the Hebrews, children of the same father were frequently only half brothers (see Ps. 50:20).

In the language of this verse, and of vs. 9, 20, Christ foretold, through David, the treatment that He was to receive from men.

By SdaBc