God’s Word Translation
Psalms 81:6
6“I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.
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
4This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the God of Jacob. 5These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand: “I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket. 7When you were in trouble, you called out ⌞to me⌟, and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your ⌞loyalty⌟ at the oasis of Meribah. Selah 8Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
Read all of Psalms 81Psalms 81:6 word by word
הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּ֝פָּ֗יו מִדּ֥וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 81:6
- Exodus 1:14They made their lives bitter with back-breaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard.
- Exodus 6:6“Tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians, and I will free you from slavery. I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Isaiah 9:4You will break the yoke that burdens them, the bar that is across their shoulders, and the stick used by their oppressor, as ⌞you did in the battle against⌟ Midian.
- Isaiah 10:27At that time their burden will be removed from your shoulders. Their yoke will be removed from your neck. The yoke will be torn away because you have grown fat.
- Matthew 11:29Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves
- 2 Kings 10:7When the letter came to the men, they slaughtered all 70 heirs. They put the heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
- Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like figs that ripen first. The other basket had very bad figs. These figs were so bad that they couldn’t be eaten.
- Psalms 68:13Though you stayed among the sheep pens, ⌞you will be like⌟ the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers 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
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
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