Psalms 81:6
He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
In Context
5For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
7He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
Cross References
Exodus 1:14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay, and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
1 Chronicles 4:23These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.
Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor thou best overcome, as in the day of Median.
Matthew 11:29Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to 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 →