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I am like a stranger
    to my relatives
and like a foreigner
    to my own family.

(A) My love for your house
    burns in me like a fire,
and when others insult you,
    they insulted me as well.
10 I cried and went without food,[a]
    but they still insulted me.

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Footnotes

  1. 69.10 went without food: See the note at 35.13.

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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