Psalms 69:8 - Exposition

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. The preference of David over all his elder brethren was calculated to arouse their jealousy ( 1 Samuel 16:6-13 ); and Eliab's hostile feeling is distinctly shown in 1 Samuel 17:28 . We may gather from Psalms 38:1-22 :, as well as from the present passage, that the alienation continued, and was not confined to Eliab.