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their hands were set free from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/81.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/81.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/81.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/81.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/81.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/81.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/81.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/81.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/81.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/81.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/81.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/81.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/81.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/81.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"I lifted the burden from your shoulder and took the heavy basket from your hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/81.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/81.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/81.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I took the burdens off your backs; I let you put down your loads of bricks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/81.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome basket. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/81.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/81.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/81.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/81.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/81.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/81.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, "" His hands pass over from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/81.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/81.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands shall past by from the basket.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/81.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/81.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 80:7>He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/81.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I heard a tongue I did not know: “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands moved away from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/81.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/81.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I removed the yoke from his shoulder, I released his hands from the bonds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/81.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I took the burden from his shoulder and I freed his hands from the baskets at the waters of testing.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/81.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/81.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/81-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10247" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/81.htm">Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: hă·sî·rō·w·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">“I relieved</a> <a href="/hebrew/7926.htm" title="7926: šiḵ·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Shoulder. From shakam; the neck as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill.">his shoulder</a> <a href="/hebrew/5447.htm" title="5447: mis·sê·ḇel (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A load, burden. From cabal; a load.">of the burden;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">his hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ta·‘ă·ḇō·rə·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">were freed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1731.htm" title="1731: mid·dūḏ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A pot, jar. From the same as dowd; a pot; also a basket.">from the basket.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11-14</a></span><br />So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. / But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. / They worked the Israelites ruthlessly ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-7</a></span><br />Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a></span><br />After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. / So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. / God saw the Israelites and took notice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Leviticus 26:13</a></span><br />I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a></span><br />Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Deuteronomy 26:6-8</a></span><br />But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. / So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. / Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Isaiah 9:4</a></span><br />For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-27.htm">Isaiah 10:27</a></span><br />On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3-4</a></span><br />On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, / you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Jeremiah 30:8</a></span><br />On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Ezekiel 34:27</a></span><br />The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Acts 7:34</a></span><br />I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-18.htm">Romans 6:18</a></span><br />You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a></span><br />that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a></span><br />It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.</p><p class="hdg">I removed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a></b></br> 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, <i>was</i> with rigour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a></b></br> Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I <i>am</i> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Isaiah 9:4</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">were delivered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">2 Kings 10:7</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him <i>them</i> to Jezreel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/24-2.htm">Jeremiah 24:2</a></b></br> One basket <i>had</i> very good figs, <i>even</i> like the figs <i>that are</i> first ripe: and the other basket <i>had</i> very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a></b></br> 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, <i>was</i> with rigour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-13.htm">Psalm 68:13</a></b></br> Though ye have lien among the pots, <i>yet shall ye be as</i> the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/6-19.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">Baskets</a> <a href="/psalms/68-19.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/79-11.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Freed</a> <a href="/psalms/80-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/68-13.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Relieved</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/job/31-36.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-5.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/psalms/80-18.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/77-10.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/126-6.htm">Basket</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Baskets</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-3.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/105-20.htm">Freed</a> <a href="/psalms/88-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Pots</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Relieved</a> <a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 81</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">An exhortation to a solemn praising of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/81-4.htm">God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm">God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This action signifies God's intervention and deliverance. In the context of Israel's history, it reflects God's active role in liberating His people from oppression. This divine relief is not just physical but also spiritual, symbolizing God's desire to free His people from the burdens of sin and spiritual bondage. It is a reminder of God's grace and mercy, emphasizing His willingness to intervene in the lives of His people.<p><b>his shoulder</b><br />The shoulder is often used metaphorically in the Bible to represent strength and the ability to bear burdens. In ancient times, physical labor and carrying loads were common, and the shoulder was the primary part of the body used for such tasks. By mentioning the shoulder, the verse highlights the personal and tangible nature of the burden that was being carried. It underscores the weight of oppression that the Israelites experienced in Egypt and how God personally addressed their suffering.<p><b>of the burden</b><br />The Hebrew word for burden is "מִסְבָּל" (misbal), which refers to a heavy load or duty. In the historical context of Israel, this burden was the harsh slavery and forced labor imposed by the Egyptians. Spiritually, it can also represent the burdens of sin and guilt that weigh down individuals. The removal of this burden by God is a powerful image of liberation and redemption. It serves as a metaphor for the freedom that believers find in Christ, who invites all to come to Him for rest from their heavy burdens (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/81.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Pots.</span>--Deriving from a root to <span class= "ital">boil, </span>and with allusion to <span class= "ital">potteries, </span>which, probably, together with the <span class= "ital">brick-kilns, </span>formed the scene of the forced labour of Israel. The LXX. and Vulg. have "slaved in the basket," but the basket, which is represented on Egyptian monuments, is doubtless meant by the <span class= "ital">burden </span>of the last clause.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/81.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6-16.</span> - The "discourse" is now given. It commences somewhat abruptly, and is, perhaps, itself a fragment, the beginning of which is lost. God reminds Israel of his past favours (vers. 6, 7), exhorts them to faithfulness (vers. 8, 9), promises them blessings (ver. 10), complains of their waywardness (vers. 11, 12), and finally makes a last appeal to them to turn to him, and recover his protection, before it is too late (vers. 13-16). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I removed his shoulder from the burden.</span> In Egypt, burdens were borne upon the shoulder, either simply held upon it with both hands, or distributed between the two shoulders by means of a yoke (see Rawlinson's 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. p. 214). <span class="cmt_word">His hands were delivered from the pots;</span> rather, <span class="accented">from the basket; i.e.</span> the basket in which the clay was carried before it was made into bricks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/81-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“I relieved</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי</span> <span class="translit">(hă·sî·rō·w·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his shoulder</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכְמ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(šiḵ·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7926.htm">Strong's 7926: </a> </span><span class="str2">The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the burden;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִסֵּ֣בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(mis·sê·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5447.htm">Strong's 5447: </a> </span><span class="str2">A load, burden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his hands</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּ֝פָּ֗יו</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were freed</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·ḇō·rə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the basket.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדּ֥וּד</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dūḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1731.htm">Strong's 1731: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pot, a basket</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/81-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 81:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 81:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/81-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 81:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 81:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>