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II

[a]I heard a tongue I did not know:
    “I removed his shoulder from the burden;[b]
    his hands moved away from the basket.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 81:7 I heard a tongue I did not know: a Temple official speaks the word of God (Ps 81:5b–16), which is authoritative and unlike merely human words (cf. Nm 24:4, 16).
  2. 81:7 I removed his shoulder from the burden: A reference to the liberation of Israel from slavery in Egypt. The basket: for carrying clay to make bricks, cf. Ex 1:14.