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Psalms 81:6
6“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Context of Psalms 81:6
4this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say: “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. 7In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. 8Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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 harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
- Exodus 6:6“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 10:27In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- 2 Kings 10:7When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
- Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
- Psalms 68:13Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining 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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