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The sun rises, and the sun goes down
    and hurries to the place where it rises.(A)

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

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11 the moon stood still in its exalted place,
    at the light of your arrows speeding by,
    at the gleam of your flashing spear.(A)

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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 II

(Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

Longing for God and His Help in Distress

To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)

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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

yet their voice[a] goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world.

In the heavens[b] he has set a tent for the sun,(A)
which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
    and like a strong man runs its course with joy.(B)
Its rising is from the end of the heavens
    and its circuit to the end of them,
    and nothing is hid from its heat.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 19.4 Gk Jerome Compare Syr: Heb line
  2. 19.4 Heb In them

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 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.(A)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(B)
21 The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.(C)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
    and lie down in their dens.
23 People go out to their work
    and to their labor until the evening.(D)

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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 His line shall continue forever,
    and his throne endure before me like the sun.(A)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
    an enduring witness in the skies.” 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 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped
    until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.

Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in midheaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.(A) 14 There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded a human voice, for the Lord fought for Israel.(B)

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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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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

22 As long as the earth endures,
    seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night
    shall not cease.”(A)

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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 any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,(A)

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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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