{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chunks: The Book of Psalms","title":"Episode 150: Praising God with a vengeance","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e75be21d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":457,"description":"Some psalms draw you in with words of joyful praise and gratitude, then seem to suddenly pivot to words of anger, cursing, and vengeance. Psalm 149, the next to last of the Hallelujah Psalms—indeed, the next to last psalm!—is jarring in this way. What begins as joyful celebration, filled with music and dancing, suddenly turns to the language of holy war and stays there. The psalmist even suggests that it is the glory of the people to be God’s instrument of vengeance on other nations. How should we understand this, especially as those who follow a crucified Savior? We’ll explore that question here and in the next episode.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/m4wWP6RhgtaQVY-Fm9O749o40PLOWY6s4PUGIxxoi8E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OGU5/YTlmZTk0ZmFmZWZl/OTk0NTgyNDEyMTBj/MDM0ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}