Mazmur 66:11

66:11 You led us into a trap; ¹ 

you caused us to suffer. ² 

Mazmur 81:6

81:6 It said: ³  “I removed the burden from his shoulder;

his hands were released from holding the basket. ⁴ 

[66:11]  ¹ tn Heb “you brought us into a net.” This rare word for “net” also occurs in Ezek 12:13; 13:21; 17:20.

[66:11]  ² tn Heb “you placed suffering on our hips.” The noun מוּעָקָה (mu’aqah, “suffering”) occurs only here in the OT.

[81:6]  ³ tn The words “It said” are not included in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[81:6]  ⁴ 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).