Bible verse
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
Psalm 81:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 81.
2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 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
8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
KJV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
ASV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
ERV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.
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