I meditate on your age old regulations; O Lord, they comfort me.

耶和华啊，我记念你从古以来的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和华啊，我记念你从古以来的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和华啊，我记念你从古以来的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和华啊，我牢记你古时赐下的法令，你的法令是我的安慰。

耶和华啊！我思念你在古时赐下的典章，我就得了安慰。

耶和华啊，我记念你从亘古以来的法规，就受到安慰！

耶和華啊，我記念你從古以來的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和華啊，我記念你從古以來的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和華啊，我記念你從古以來的典章，就得了安慰。

耶和華啊，我牢記你古時賜下的法令，你的法令是我的安慰。

耶和華啊！我思念你在古時賜下的典章，我就得了安慰。

我懷念着你從古以來的典章，永恆主啊，我就得了安慰。

耶和華啊，我記念你從亙古以來的法規，就受到安慰！

耶和華歟、爾古昔之律例、我記憶之、而自慰兮、

耶和華自昔、賜我典章、我記憶之、而納慰兮、

我思念主從古以來之判斷、我自覺安慰、

永懷古道。樂此綱常。

I remember, Lord, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.

Lord, I remember the laws you gave long ago. I find comfort in them.

When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O Lord.

LORD, I remember your judgments from long ago and find comfort.

I have remembered Your judgments from of old, Lord, And comfort myself.

I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.

I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago and find comfort.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

I remember your ancient regulations, O LORD, and console myself.

I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

They united against Moses and Aaron and said,“ You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the Lord, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the Lord’s people?”When Moses heard what they were saying, he fell face down on the ground.Then he said to Korah and his followers,“ Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him and who is holy. The Lord will allow only those whom he selects to enter his own presence.Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the Lord. Then we will see whom the Lord chooses as his holy one. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!”Then Moses spoke again to Korah:“ Now listen, you Levites!Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the Lord’s Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demanding the priesthood as well?The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied,“ We refuse to come before you!Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men? We will not come.”Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord,“ Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”And Moses said to Korah,“ You and all your followers must come here tomorrow and present yourselves before the Lord. Aaron will also be here.You and each of your 250 followers must prepare an incense burner and put incense on it, so you can all present them before the Lord. Aaron will also bring his incense burner.”So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they all stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle with Moses and Aaron.Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered at the Tabernacle entrance. Then the glorious presence of the Lord appeared to the whole community,and the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.“ O God,” they pleaded,“ you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”And the Lord said to Moses,“ Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel.“ Quick!” he told the people.“ Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”So all the people stood back from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Then Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrances of their tents, together with their wives and children and little ones.And Moses said,“ This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things that I have done— for I have not done them on my own.If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the Lord has not sent me.But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.All the people around them fled when they heard their screams.“ The earth will swallow us, too!” they cried.Then fire blazed forth from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.

‘ Not one of you from this wicked generation will live to see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the Lord completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.’

But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.

But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.That is how the Lord rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day. And the Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the seashore.

of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments!

I think of the good old days, long since ended,

“ You saw for yourself what the Lord did to you at Baal peor. There the Lord your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.But all of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today— every one of you.

For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.And God did not spare the ancient world— except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people.But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.