55:22 Throw your burden 1 upon the Lord,
and he will sustain you. 2
He will never allow the godly to be upended. 3
68:19 The Lord deserves praise! 4
Day after day 5 he carries our burden,
the God who delivers us. (Selah)
81:6 It said: 6 “I removed the burden from his shoulder;
his hands were released from holding the basket. 7
1 tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here.
2 tn The pronoun is singular; the psalmist addresses each member of his audience individually.
3 tn Heb “he will never allow swaying for the righteous.”
4 tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”
5 tn It is possible to take this phrase with what precedes (“The Lord deserves praise day after day”) rather than with what follows.
6 tn The words “It said” are not included in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarification.
7 sn I removed the burden. The Lord speaks metaphorically of how he delivered his people from Egyptian bondage. The reference to a basket/burden probably alludes to the hard labor of the Israelites in Egypt, where they had to carry loads of bricks (see Exod 1:14).