Psalms 81:6

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

Psalms 81:6 in Other Translations

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

6 "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.

6 “Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.

6 "I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor.

6 "I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from [carrying] the basket.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 81:6 In-Context

4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 1:14
• 2. Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 52:2