“I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.”
The statement that the psalmist has become a stranger to siblings and an alien to mother's children articulates the isolation and estrangement that accompany persecution. The broken family relationships suggest that the psalmist is rejected by the closest circle of intimacy. This verse emphasizes that the psychological and relational cost of persecution extends to the deepest bonds.
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