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Psalms 81:6

Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I removed his shoulder from the burden - The burden which the people of Israel were called to hear in Egypt. The reference is undoubtedly to their burdens in making bricks, and conveying them to the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 81:1-7

When the people of God were gathered together in the solemn day, the day of the feast of the Lord, they must be told that they had business to do, for we do not go to church to sleep nor to be idle;…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I have removed his shoulder from the burden:

His hands shall go free from the basket.

The term -basket" does not occur in Exodus, but baskets for carrying the burdens of bricks or clay so often…

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