But Jacob answered, “My lord knows that the children are delicate and that my flocks and herds are burdened with young ones. If they were to be pushed even one day, the entire flock would surely die.

He saw that his resting place was good and his land was pleasant so he bent down his shoulder to bear the burden and became a toiling servant.

They must judge the people at all times. When there is an important matter, they will refer it to you, but they will judge all the minor issues. Thus, they will lighten the burden upon you, for they will carry it with you.

When you see your enemy’s donkey lying helpless under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him alone. You must help him to release it.

Moses said to the Lord, “Why are you torturing your servant? Have I not found favor in your sight, that you would burden me with this whole people?

I cannot carry this entire people by myself; they are too burdensome for me.

I will come down and speak to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you and put it upon them. They will carry the burden of the people with you, so that you do not have to carry it alone.

Your children will wander in this wilderness for forty years, and they will bear the burden of your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie in the wilderness.

The number of days that you explored the land was forty, and there will be one year for each day. You will bear the burden of your sins for forty years and you will come to know my rejection.

Appointment of Leaders. At that time I said to you, “I am not able to carry the burden of leading you all by myself.

How can I handle your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?

then there will have no staggering burden of guilt upon my lord’s conscience for either having shed blood without cause or for my lord having sought his own revenge. When the Lord has brought my lord success, remember your handmaid.”

The king replied: “No, my son. If we all were to go, we would prove to be a burden to you.” Absalom continued to urge him, but the king still refused to go, although he gave him his blessing.

David said to him: “If you come with me, you will only be a burden to me.

I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still hear the voices of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

were in charge of the men who carried the burdens, and they directed all the workers in every kind of labor, while other Levites were secretaries, officials, and gatekeepers.

On the other hand, the former governors, my predecessors, had laid a heavy burden on the people and exacted from them forty shekels of silver each day for food and wine, while their servants also oppressed the people. However, because I feared God, I did not act in this way.

Every day one ox, six choice sheep, and some poultry were prepared for me, as well as skins of wine in abundance every ten days. Despite all this, I did not claim the governor’s food allowance because the people had such a heavy burden of labor.

No one will have the authority to exact any payment from them or to impose any burden on them in any matter whatsoever.

If I have sinned, what harm have I done to you, O watcher of humanity? Why have you designated me to be your target? Why have I become a burden to you?

My iniquities tower far above my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

burdened by its sinful deeds. Too heavy for us are our sins, and only you can blot them out.

You allowed us to be snared in the net and placed heavy burdens on our backs.

Blessed be the Lord, day after day, the God of our salvation, who carries our burden. Selah

They are not plagued with burdens common to all; the troubles of life do not afflict them.