Neville Goddard on Psalms 10:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 10 in context

Scripture Focus

1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalms 10:1-11

Biblical Context

Psalm 10:1-11 presents a cry of divine distance while the wicked prosper; it lays out a pattern of pride, deceit, and fear as inner movements of consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville’s lens, the psalm is a portrait of a mind that feels God is far away. The 'afar off' and the boastful heart reveal a belief in separation, not a historical drama. Remember: God is the I AM, the always-present awareness; when you feel forgotten or unseen, you are simply identifying with a thought that pretends to block your divine life. The wickedness described—pride, deceit, violence, and the grasp on the poor—are inner states that arise when consciousness forgets its union with God. Your work is not to change external conditions but to revise the inner assumption until your sense of presence becomes immediate. Claim that you are in God and God is within you here and now, and watch how the apparent enemies dissolve as you stand in the truth of your own holy awareness. In that shift, judgments rise above you and are seen for what they are: passing thoughts that can be replaced by the stable reality of I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the presence now—that I AM within me; feel that God is here. Hold that reality for a minute and let it color every scene you encounter, especially those that once felt distant or threatening.