Joshua 10:13-14

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. ¹  The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. ²  10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed ³  a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Psalms 42:1

Book 2
(Psalms 42-72)

Psalm 42 ⁴ 

For the music director; a well-written song ⁵  by the Korahites.

42:1 As a deer ⁶  longs ⁷  for streams of water,

so I long ⁸  for you, O God!

Habakkuk 3:11

3:11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; ⁹ 

the flash of your arrows drives them away, ¹⁰ 

the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. ¹¹ 

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

[10:13]  ² tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

[10:14]  ³ tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”

[42:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 42. The psalmist recalls how he once worshiped in the Lord’s temple, but laments that he is now oppressed by enemies in a foreign land. Some medieval Hebrew mss combine Psalms 42 and 43 into a single psalm.

[42:1]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. The word is derived from a verb meaning “to be prudent; to be wise.” Various options are: “a contemplative song,” “a song imparting moral wisdom,” or “a skillful [i.e., well-written] song.” The term occurs in the superscriptions of Pss 32, 42, 44, 45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142, as well as in Ps 47:7.

[42:1]  ⁶ tn Since the accompanying verb is feminine in form, the noun אָיִּל (’ayyil, “male deer”) should be emended to אַיֶּלֶת (’ayyelet, “female deer”). Haplography of the letter tav has occurred; note that the following verb begins with tav.

[42:1]  ⁷ tn Or “pants [with thirst].”

[42:1]  ⁸ tn Or “my soul pants [with thirst].” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[3:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “in their lofty dwelling places.”

[3:11]  ¹⁰ tn Or “at the light of your arrows they vanish.”

[3:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.”