If integrated into the book of Daniel: 14.38.
And Daniel said: Good News Translation inserts “When Daniel heard Habakkuk.” This may be helpful, but it is not necessary. Most readers are going to understand that Daniel’s address to God is a thanksgiving for the food Habakkuk has brought. Instead of said, Good News Translation and Contemporary English Version say “prayed” since Daniel is addressing God.
Thou hast remembered me … and hast not forsaken those …: The two Greek verbs rendered hast remembered and hast … forsaken are both aorist (past) tense, but Good News Translation adequately expresses the second verb in the present tense, saying “you never abandon those…” (similarly Contemporary English Version). The first verb could be expressed in negative terms: “You did not forget me.” For the archaic pronoun Thou, see the comments on LetJer 6.
Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.
