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

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.

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

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

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 came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron. They said to Moses and Aaron,“ You have gone too far! The whole community is holy. Every one in it is holy. And the Lord is with them. So why do you put yourselves above the Lord’ s people?”When Moses heard what they said, he fell with his face to the ground.Then he spoke to Korah and all his followers. He said,“ In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him. He will show who is holy. He’ll bring that person near him. He’ll bring the man he chooses near him.Korah, here’s what you and all your followers must do. Get some shallow cups for burning incense.Tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them. Offer it to the Lord. The man the Lord chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”Moses also said to Korah,“ Listen, you Levites!The God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the community of Israel. He has brought you near him to work at the Lord’ s holy tent. He has given you to the people so that you can serve them. Isn’t all that enough for you?He has already brought you and all the other Levites near him. But now you want to be priests too.You and all your followers have joined together against the Lord. Why are you telling Aaron you aren’t happy with him?”Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said,“ We won’t come!You have brought us up out of a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You have brought us here to kill us in this desert. Isn’t that enough? Now do you also want to act as if you were ruling over us?Besides, you haven’t brought us into a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You haven’t given us fields and vineyards of our own. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No! We won’t come!”Then Moses became very angry. He said to the Lord,“ Don’t accept their offering. I haven’t taken even a donkey from them. In fact, I haven’t done anything wrong to any of them.”Moses said to Korah,“ You and all your followers must stand in front of the Lord tomorrow. You must appear there along with Aaron.Each man must get his shallow cup. He must put incense in it. There will be a total of 250 incense cups. Each man must bring his cup to the Lord. You and Aaron must also bring your cups.”So each of them got his cup. He put burning coals and incense in it. All the men came with Moses and Aaron. They stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting.Korah gathered all his followers together at the entrance to the tent. They opposed Moses and Aaron. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ Separate yourselves from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.”But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out,“ God, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Tell the community,‘ Move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ”Moses got up. He went to Dathan and Abiram. The elders of Israel followed him.Moses warned the community. He said,“ Move away from the tents of these evil men! Don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, the Lord will sweep you away because of all their sins.”So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had already come out. They were standing at the entrances to their tents. Their wives, children and little ones were standing there with them.Then Moses said,“ What is about to happen wasn’t my idea. The Lord has sent me to do everything I’m doing. Here is how you will know I’m telling you the truth.These men won’t die a natural death. Something will happen to them that doesn’t usually happen to people. If what I’m telling you doesn’t happen, then you will know that the Lord hasn’t sent me.But the Lord will make something totally new happen. The ground will open its mouth and swallow them up. It will swallow up everything that belongs to them. They will be buried alive. When that happens, you will know that these men have disrespected the Lord.”As soon as Moses finished saying all these words, what he had said came true. The ground under them broke open.It opened its mouth. It swallowed up those men. In fact, it swallowed up everyone who lived in their houses. It swallowed all Korah’s men. And it swallowed up everything they owned.They went down into the grave alive. Everything they owned went down with them. The ground closed over them and they died. And so they disappeared from the community.All the Israelites around them heard their cries. They ran away from them. They shouted,“ The ground is going to swallow us up too!”Then the Lord sent down fire. It burned up the 250 men offering the incense.

“ I promised to give this good land to your people of long ago. But no one alive today will see it.Only Caleb will see the land. He is the son of Jephunneh. I will give him and his children after him the land he walked on. He followed me with his whole heart.”

Lord, I will remember what you did. Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.I will spend time thinking about everything you have done. I will consider all your mighty acts.”

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground. There was a wall of water on their right side and on their left.That day the Lord saved Israel from the power of Egypt. The Israelites saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

He always loves those who keep his covenant. He always does what is right for those who remember to obey his commands.

I thought about days gone by. I thought about the years of long ago.

Your own eyes saw what the Lord your God did at Baal Peor. He destroyed every one of your people who worshiped the Baal that was worshiped at Peor.But all of you who remained true to the Lord your God are still alive today.

God did not spare angels when they sinned. Instead, he sent them to hell. He chained them up in dark prisons. He will keep them there until he judges them.God did not spare the world’s ungodly people long ago. He brought the flood on them. But Noah preached about the right way to live. God kept him safe. He also saved seven others.God judged the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He burned them to ashes. He made them an example of what is going to happen to ungodly people.God saved Lot, a man who did what was right. Lot was shocked by the evil conduct of people who didn’t obey God’s laws.That good man lived among them day after day. He saw and heard the evil things they were doing. They were breaking God’s laws. And the godly spirit of Lot was deeply troubled.Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.

Remember the wonderful things he has done. Remember his miracles and how he judged our enemies.

I remember what happened long ago. I spend time thinking about all your acts. I consider what your hands have done.