{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day","title":"Psalm 119","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":954,"description":"Psalm 119: Loving the Word, Walking in the Way\nThis episode consists of the text of Psalm 119, a sustained meditation on the blessing of walking in the law of the Lord and seeking God with a whole heart. The psalmist repeatedly asks to be taught God’s statutes, to be given understanding, and to be strengthened and quickened according to God’s word, while committing to keep the commandments diligently. Throughout, God’s word is described as a source of wisdom, delight, comfort in affliction, and guidance, including the declaration that it is “a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path,” and that it is settled forever. The speaker contrasts love of truth with hatred of false ways, and asks for mercy, salvation, deliverance from oppressors, and help against persecutors and the wicked, while maintaining praise, meditation, and hope in God’s judgments. The psalm ends with a confession of straying like a lost sheep and a plea for God to seek and remember the servant who does not forget the commandments.\n00:00 Psalm 119 Begins: The Blessing of Walking in God’s Law\n00:42 A Young Heart Made Clean: Seeking God’s Word Wholeheartedly\n01:21 Open My Eyes: Finding Wonder, Strength, and Truth in the Word\n02:48 Teach Me Your Statutes: Choosing the Way of Truth\n03:31 Mercy, Salvation, and Boldness: Trusting God’s Word Without Shame\n04:11 Comfort in Affliction: Songs in the Night and Steadfast Obedience\n05:29 It Was Good I Was Afflicted: Learning Wisdom Through Trials\n07:47 Forever Settled in Heaven: God’s Word, Faithfulness, and Endurance\n08:29 O How I Love Thy Law: Sweetness, Wisdom, and a Lamp for the Path\n09:59 My Hiding Place and Shield: Holding Fast Under Pressure\n11:06 Time for the Lord to Work: Loving the Commandments Above Gold\n12:05 Righteous and Very Faithful: Zeal, Purity, and Tears for the Law\n12:46 I Cried With My Whole Heart: Nearness of God in Persecution\n14:11 Great Peace for Those Who Love the Law: Praise, Hope, and Obedience\n14:47 Final Prayer: Deliver Me,...","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}