Psalm 81:6

6 God said, "I removed the load from your shoulders. I set your hands free from carrying heavy baskets.

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 This is an order given to Israel. It is a law of the God of Jacob.

5 He gave it as a covenant law for the people of Joseph when God went out to punish Egypt. There we heard a language we didn't understand.

6 God said, "I removed the load from your shoulders. I set your hands free from carrying heavy baskets.

7 You called out when you were in trouble, and I saved you. I answered you out of a thundercloud. I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. "Selah"

8 "My people, listen and I will warn you. Israel, I wish you would listen to me!