Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Psalms 81:6 in other translations
| BSB | “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. |
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| WEB | “I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. |
| ASV | I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. |
| YLT | From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over. |
| DARBY | I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. |
| BBE | I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. |
| Webster | I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. |
What does Psalms 81:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:1-7
All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his excellences, and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption from sin and wrath. What God had done on Israel's behalf, was kept in remembrance by public solemnities. To make a deliverance appear more gracious, more glorious, it is good to observe all that makes the trouble we are delivered from appear more grievous. We ought never to forget the base…
Psalms 81:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 81:6
- Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
- Exodus 6:6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
- Psalms 68:13
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 1:14; 6:6; Isa 9:4; 10:27; Mt 11:29
were delivered. Heb. passed away. from the pots. Or rather, as {dood} also signifies, (see 2 Ki 10:7; Jer 24:2,} the basket: so LXX., and Symmachus, [\~kofinov\~, kophinos,] and Vulgate and Jerome, {cophino;} and Diodati, {le sue mani si non dipartite dalle corbe,} "his hands were removed from the baskets," i.e., says he in a note, {de portar la terra da far mattoni,} "from carrying earth to make bricks," Ex 1:14.
68:13
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Psalms 81:5
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.
- Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
- Psalms 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalms 81:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Aparté su hombro de debajo de la carga; sus manos se quitaron de vasijas de barro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il l’établit comme un témoignage en Joseph, lorsqu’il sortit à travers le pays d’Égypte, où j’entendis une langue que je ne connaissais pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich entzog der Last seine Schulter, seine Hände entgingen dem Tragkorbe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes. |