Ecclesiastes 1:5
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5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down
and hurries to the place where it rises.(A)
Habakkuk 3:11
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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)
Psalm 19:4-6
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4 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)
5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.(B)
6 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)
Jeremiah 33:20
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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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Psalm 104:19-23
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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)
Psalm 89:36-37
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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
Psalm 42:1
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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.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
Joshua 10:13-14
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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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Genesis 8:22
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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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