“I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.”
God speaks about Israel's liberation: "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket." The metaphorical language describes Israel's slavery in Egypt (the basket suggesting work with clay or grain) and God's liberation. The image of burden-bearing followed by freedom establishes God's role as liberator.
Church Fathers on Psalms 81:6
1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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