Psalms 81:6

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

7In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee,—I answered thee, within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. [Selah.]

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Cross References

Exodus 1:14and embittered their lives with harsh service, in clay and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field,—all their service, wherein they rigorously made them serve.

1 Chronicles 4:23They, were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim, and Gederah,—with the king in his work, dwelt they there.

Psalms 114:1When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,

Isaiah 9:4For, the yoke of their burden, The cross-bar of their shoulder, The goad of their driver, Hast thou broken, as in the day of Midian.

Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me,—because, meek, am I and lowly, in heart, and ye shall find rest unto 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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