Psalms 81:6

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

In Context

5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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Cross References

Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

1 Chronicles 4:23These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

Psalms 114:1When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

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.

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 →

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