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God the Deliverer
Commentators unanimously identify the speaker as God, who is reminding Israel of His mighty act of deliverance. The 'burden' and 'basket' (or 'pots') refer directly to the grueling forced labor of slavery in Egypt, such as making and carrying bricks. God personally intervened to free His people from this oppression.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 81:6
18th Century
Theologian
I removed his shoulder from the burden - The burden which the people of Israel were called to bear in Egypt. The reference is undou…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 81:6
19th Century
Bishop
Pots. —Deriving from a root to boil, and with allusion to potteries, which, probably, together with the bric…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 81:6
19th Century
Preacher
I removed his shoulder from the burden:
Is not that true of many of you in a spiritual sense? Oh, what a burden of sin we used to c…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 81:6
16th Century
Theologian
I have removed his shoulder from the burden. Here God begins to recount the benefits which he had bestowed upon the Israelites, and the ma…
John Gill
On Psalms 81:6
17th Century
Pastor
I removed his shoulder from the burden
These are the words of God, declaring how he had delivered the Israelites fro…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 81:1–7
17th Century
Minister
All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his excellences and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption from sin and wrath. W…