{"podcast":{"title":"Become New with John Ortberg","slug":"become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","podcast_index_feed_id":3584281,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2118006.rss","website_url":"https://becomenew.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vf7qw16bn8ahjt88h40xo04r9dgq?.jpg","author":"Become New","episode_count":1183,"summary":"Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:17:14.256537+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281"},"episode":{"title":"19. The Secret Language of the Psalms","slug":"19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms","published_at":"2026-05-28T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19251831-19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19251831-19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms.mp3","summary":"Why should we pray the Psalms slowly? In this reflective teaching, John Ortberg explores the nature of Hebrew poetry, the structure of the Psalms, and why the language of prayer was never meant to be rushed. Using Psalm 90 and several other Psalms, John unpacks the beauty of biblical parallelism — repetition, pivots, refrains, and poetic movement that deepen meaning and slow the soul down enough to notice God. This episode explores: - Why the Psalms are poetry, not prose - Hebrew paralleli...","meta_description":"Why should we pray the Psalms slowly? In this reflective teaching, John Ortberg explores the nature of Hebrew poetry, the structure of the Psalms, and why…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":845,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/episodes/19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/19-the-secret-language-of-the-psalms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}