Psalms 81:6
\81:5\He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
In Context
5\81:4\For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
7\81:6\I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
1 Chronicles 4:23These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
Psalms 114:1When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;
Isaiah 9:4For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →