{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day","title":"Psalm Chapter 14","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":57,"description":"Psalm 14: The Fool and the God Who Looks Down\nThe fool has said in his heart — notice, in his heart, not aloud — \"There is no God.\" It is a private verdict, a secret policy decision made in the boardroom of the self. And from that single silent resolution, everything else follows: corruption, abominable works, a world where none does good, no, not one. The psalmist does not argue with the fool. He does something more devastating: he shows us God leaning over the balcony of heaven, looking down on the children of men to see if there were any — any at all — who understood and sought Him. The image is almost unbearably intimate, like a father scanning a crowded playground for his child. And what He sees is desolation. \"They are all gone aside.\" Yet the psalm does not end in that desolation. It ends with a longing so fierce it feels like a prophecy: \"Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!\" It is the cry of someone who has seen the worst and still believes the best is on its way.\n00:00 The Fool Hath Said in His Heart\n00:12 The Lord Looked Down from Heaven\n00:22 All Gone Aside, None That Doeth Good\n00:32 Have the Workers of Iniquity No Knowledge\n00:42 The Lord Is His Refuge\n00:50 Oh That Salvation Would Come","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/C2WseAXS5mwLSdrov_M_2jK4yq73Ie3qsXM5YHymD9c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYTI4/MzVhZWJjYTI1MDMy/ODg4MTI5NzlhMDg5/NmY2ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}