John Gill Commentary Psalms 81:6

"I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket." — Psalms 81:6 (ASV)

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 hard bondage, and obliged them to carry heavy loads of bricks upon their shoulders:

his hands were delivered from the pots ,
or "baskets" ^F3 ; into which the bricks were put when made, and carried on their shoulders; or from making of pots, as Kimchi, who thinks the Israelites were employed in making pots of clay as well as bricks; see (Psalms 68:13) , the Targum is, ``his hands withdrew themselves from casting clay into the pots:'' the whole is typical of the saints' deliverance by Christ from the bondage of sin, Satan, and the law.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (dwdm) "a sporta, a cophino", Gejerus, Amama, Michaelis.