{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Biblical Reflections","title":"Psalm 63: with confident expectation","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/70b8f39c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":490,"description":"Psalm 63 is a lament offered with confident expectation.  The idea is to develop confidence in God during times of trouble.  David probably wrote this Psalm as he was fleeing from Absalom.   1-2 – David is apparently inflight and unable to worship at the sanctuary, so he remembers past worship at the sanctuary.  His soul thirsts and his flesh faints for God. 3-4 – David is confident of future worship in the sanctuary.  David anticipates singing, lifting his hands, and praising God. 5-8 – Yet, David states he clings to God wherever he is, even in the watch of the night because God is his help. 9-11 – David then in confidence declares that those who seek his life will fail and die.  As a result, David will rejoice in God.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YleWs4xv-AevvKp3AmBkjHsUJe9loYyfEZDBViMcpOo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Y2Fi/MmNkMGIwNTgwNmE1/NTI2ZjA2NTlkMGEy/Njk0MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}