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Psalms 81:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 81:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:611 words
HebrewMeaning
עֵ֤דוּתʿēdwt
a testimonynounH5715
witness
בִּֽ/יה֘וֹסֵ֤ףbiyhwōsēp
in JosephpronH3084
שָׂמ֗/וֹśāmwō
he established itverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
בְּ֭/צֵאת/וֹbəṣēʾtwō
when went out hepronH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ
the land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרָ֑יִםmiṣərāyim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
שְׂפַ֖תśəpat
a languagenounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
לֹאlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדַ֣עְתִּיyādaʿətiy
I knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶשְׁמָֽעʾešəmāʿ
I heardverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Michael van BergNote3mo ago
God's sovereignty revealed - Psalms 81
Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. Faith ...
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