(A)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [a]hastens to the place where it arose.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting

The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(A)

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11 The (A)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

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11 Sun and moon stood still(A) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,(B)
    at the lightning(C) of your flashing spear.

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BOOK TWO

Psalms 42–72

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for

BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[a][b]

For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.

As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
    so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
  3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

(A)Their [a]line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a [b]tabernacle for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
(B)And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

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  1. Psalm 19:4 LXX, Syr., Vg. sound; Tg. business
  2. Psalm 19:4 tent

Yet their voice[a] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.(A)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent(B) for the sun.(C)
    It is like a bridegroom(D) coming out of his chamber,(E)
    like a champion(F) rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens(G)
    and makes its circuit to the other;(H)
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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  1. Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

19 (A)He appointed the moon for seasons;
The (B)sun knows its going down.
20 (C)You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 (D)The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to (E)his work
And to his labor until the evening.

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19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,(A)
    and the sun(B) knows when to go down.
20 You bring darkness,(C) it becomes night,(D)
    and all the beasts of the forest(E) prowl.
21 The lions roar for their prey(F)
    and seek their food from God.(G)
22 The sun rises, and they steal away;
    they return and lie down in their dens.(H)
23 Then people go out to their work,(I)
    to their labor until evening.(J)

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36 (A)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne (B)as the sun before Me;
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”(B)

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13 So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.

(A)Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. 14 And there has been (B)no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for (C)the Lord fought for Israel.

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13 So the sun stood still,(A)
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.(B)

The sun stopped(C) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting(D) for Israel!

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

22 “While the earth (A)remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And (B)day and night
Shall not cease.”

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22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(A)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(B)
day and night
will never cease.”(C)

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20 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,

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20 “This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day(A) and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,(B)

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