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because it is a statute in Israel,
    an ordinance by the God of Jacob,
a decree that he prescribed for Joseph
    when he went throughout the land of Egypt,
        speaking a language I did not recognize.[a]

I removed the burden from your[b] shoulder;
    your[c] hands were freed of the burdensome basket.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:5 Lit. hear
  2. Psalm 81:6 Lit. his
  3. Psalm 81:6 Lit. his
  4. Psalm 81:6 Lit. hands let pass through the basket