The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The sun. ... hasteth to his place where he arose - (Psalms 19:5-6.) Panting is the Hebrew for "hasteth:" metaphor
from a runner (Psalms 19:5); rejoiceth as a strong man in a "race." It applies rather to the rising sun, which seems laboriously and eagerly to mount up to the meridian, than to the setting sun; the accents, too, favour Maurer-`And (that too, returning) to his place, where panting (Hebrew, show'eep (H7602)) he riseth.' The sun running through a long course only to return at last to the goal from which it started, and thence, with fresh eagerness, to start again on the same course, is one image of life. With all our boasts of progress, we have not, by mere earthly toils, reached any solid or abiding good. There is motion, but it is motion in a circle. Each new generation advances to life with fresh eagerness, like the sun at its rising.