Psalms 81:6
“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
1 Chronicles 4:23These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.
Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
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 →