## I  ##

In these verses, the pronoun "I" refers to God.

## removed the burden from his shoulder;  ##

God removed the forced labor from the people as represented by "the burden." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## his hands were freed from holding the basket. ##

The people of Israel were no longer forced to do hard labor represented by "the basket." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## in your distress ##

"in your great suffering"

## I answered you from a dark thundercloud  ##

God's presence and glory were represented to Israel in a dark and threatening cloud. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## I tested you at the waters of Meribah  ##

God tested the children of Israel to see if they would trust him to supply water in the desert of Meribah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])