Psalm 81:6-7

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

⁶ "I _r relieved your ₁ shoulder of _s the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
⁷ In distress you _t called, and I delivered you;
I _u answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I _v tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 9:4
   For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
   Isaiah 10:27
   And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 1:11
   Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 50:15
   And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
   Exodus 2:23
   During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
   Exodus 14:10
   When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 19:19
   And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
   Psalms 18:11 - 14
   He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 17:7
   And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?
   Numbers 20:13
   These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.