He gave His back to bear my burdens

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you … Ps 55:22 (ESV)

Give me up to these words, O my soul,

I have a burden to test and try me,

I have a casting to relieve me,

And a promise to assure me.

Many are the times when I have gone no further than myself with my burdens and the bearing of them. 

Surely with this burden too, I, in my pride,

would load this burden and the bearing of it to myself alone.

Cast my burden on the Lord, O my soul,

For the Lord has cast my sin behind His back (Is 38:17).

The Lord is compassionate,

casting all my sins into the depths of the sea (Mi 7:19).

Cast all my burdens on the Lord, O my soul,

For when all my iniquities were cast upon Him,

the Lord did not cast me away.

Cast all my burdens on the Lord, O my soul,

For He gave His back to bear my burdens

and the burdens of us all (Is 50:6).

Whether my burden be one of weakness,

one of temptation,

one of suffering,

or one of faithfulness,

Humble yourself, O my soul,

casting all my burdens,

and their anxieties,

onto the Lord,

For He cares for me (1 Pt 5:7).

As the captain of a ship casts his anchor beyond his sight,

That it might be lodged in that which is more secure,

And his ship made steady,

So cast my burdens beyond my sight, O my soul,

Cast them on the Lord,

that they may be lodged in Him who is so secure,

That I shall be sustained by Him who has gathered me up in His arms,

and bears me on through life in His bosom. (Is 40:11).

Give me up to these words, O my soul,

I have a burden to test and try me,

I have a casting to relieve me,

And a promise to assure me.

I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I delivered you.  Ps 81:6-7 (ESV)

- pmwl