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I have become a stranger to my brethren,
    an alien to my mother’s sons.

For zeal for thy house has consumed me,
    and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.
10 When I humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
    it became my reproach.

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  1. Psalm 69:10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept with fasting my soul or I made my soul mourn with fasting

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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