Psalms 81:6

Psalms 81:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
• New International Version (NIV)“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.

Context of Psalms 81:6

4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not. I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. 7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

Psalms 81:6 word by word

הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּ֝פָּ֗יו מִדּ֥וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 81:6

• Exodus 1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
• Exodus 6:6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
• Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:27And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
• Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
• 2 Kings 10:7And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.
• Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
• Psalms 68:13When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is asthe wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

Commentaries on Psalms 81:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I removed his shoulder from the burden - The burden which the people of Israel were called to hear in Egypt. The reference is undoubtedly to their burdens in making bricks, and conveying them to the place where they were to be used; and perhaps also to the fact that they were required to carry stone in building houses and towns for the Egyptians. Compare Exodus 1:11-14; Exodus 5:4-17. The meaning is, that he had saved them from these burdens, to wit, by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The Lord heard Israel’s cry in Egypt and rescued them from oppressive slavery.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. God's language alludes to the burdensome slavery of the Israelites.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Basket
• Gittith
• Kettle
• Lust
• Psalms
• Burden
• God
• Joy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah

Commentaries on Psalms 81

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings