Psalms 81:6

What does Psalms 81:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 81:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Context

v.5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not.

v.6This passage

v.7Thou 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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 68:13

    When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is asthe wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

  • Exodus 6:6

    Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

  • Isaiah 9:4

    For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

  • Isaiah 10:27

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

  • Exodus 1:14

    and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

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