John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:8
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 faces from him, and rejected him as the Messiah; but also to such who were still nearer akin to him, according to the flesh, who did not believe in him, John 7:5 ; and even in some sense to his disciples and followers; some of which having heard some doctrines delivered by him not agreeable to... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ,.... Being reckoned a sinner, called a deceiver, said to be a Samaritan, and to have a devil; with many other reproaches, which he bore patiently for the sake of the word and worship of God, and for the sake of the glory of God, which he all along sought; and to repair the loss of it, which was sustained through the sin of man; shame hath covered my face ; when he was spit upon by some, and smote by others with a rod upon his cheek; and when he... read more