69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner. 1
119:19 I am like a foreigner in this land. 2
Do not hide your commands from me!
1 tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”
2 tn Heb “I am a resident alien in the land.” Resident aliens were especially vulnerable and in need of help. They needed to know the social and legal customs of the land to avoid getting into trouble. The translation (note the addition of “like”) assumes the psalmist is speaking metaphorically, not literally.