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Psalms 81:6

Salvation

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.

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

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.

8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
KJV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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.
DARBY
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
BLB
“I turned aside his shoulder from the burden; his hands pass over from the basket.
ÅB
Jeg fridde hans skulder fra byrden, hans hender slapp fri fra bærekurven.
OTB
“Jeg tok byrden fra hans skulder,
Hans hender ble fri fra kurven.
B1930
Jeg fridde hans skulder fra byrden, hans hender slapp fri fra bærekurven.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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