Neville Goddard on Job 7:11-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 7 in context

Scripture Focus

11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Job 7:11-21

Biblical Context

Job laments his suffering, questions why God keeps watch, and speaks of dreams and terrors that torment him. He confesses sin, longs for relief, and asks God for pardon and an end to his trials.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job's cry is not a mere external misfortune but a movement within your own consciousness. The watchful God over Job represents the attentive I AM within you — the awareness that frames every sensation as a state of mind. The dreams and terrors are not outside forces but inner pictures you have accepted as real. The question 'What is man...' becomes your examination of the value you ascribe to your experiences. In Neville's tone, you are the I AM behind Job's voice, the witness who notices complaint, dream, ache, and the longing for morning. By refusing to identify with the pain and by not surrendering to the claim that the watch is real, you revise the scene. You do not escape the trial by denial, but awaken to a higher state of consciousness where health, forgiveness, and a peaceful dawn already exist. The morning you seek is the natural light of the I AM returning your attention to truth, not to the illusion of circumstance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and feel relief as if it were already true. Then you revise the scene by affirming I AM the I AM, and this suffering is but a dream; healing and light are mine now.