Psalms 81:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Pots. — Deriving from a root to boil, and with allusion to potteries, which, probably, together with the brick-kilns, formed the scene of the forced labour of Israel. The LXX. and Vulg. have “slaved in the basket,” but the basket, which is represented on Egyptian monuments, is doubtless meant by the burden of the last clause.

Psalms 81:6

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