Psalm 81:6

6 J'ai déchargé son épaule du fardeau, Et ses mains ont lâché la corbeille.

Psalm 81:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 81:6

I removed his shoulder from the burden
These are the words of God, declaring how he had delivered the Israelites from the oppression and cruelty of the Egyptians; who made their lives bitter in hard bondage, and obliged them to carry heavy loads of bricks upon their shoulders:

his hands were delivered from the pots,
or "baskets" ^F3; into which the bricks were put when made, and carried on their shoulders; or from making of pots, as Kimchi, who thinks the Israelites were employed in making pots of clay as well as bricks; see ( Psalms 68:13 ) , the Targum is,

``his hands withdrew themselves from casting clay into the pots:''

the whole is typical of the saints' deliverance by Christ from the bondage of sin, Satan, and the law.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (dwdm) "a sporta, a cophino", Gejerus, Amama, Michaelis.

Psalm 81:6 In-Context

4 Car c'est une loi pour Israël, Une ordonnance du Dieu de Jacob.

5 Il en fit un statut pour Joseph, Quand il marcha contre le pays d'Egypte... J'entends une voix qui m'est inconnue:

6 J'ai déchargé son épaule du fardeau, Et ses mains ont lâché la corbeille.

7 Tu as crié dans la détresse, et je t'ai délivré; Je t'ai répondu dans la retraite du tonnerre; Je t'ai éprouvé près des eaux de Meriba. Pause.

8 Ecoute, mon peuple! et je t'avertirai; Israël, puisses-tu m'écouter!