Neville Goddard on Psalms 101:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 101 in context

Scripture Focus

4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Psalms 101:4-6

Biblical Context

Psalm 101:4-6 sets inner boundaries: reject a froward heart, distance yourself from slander, and fix your gaze on the faithful so you may serve the I AM. It celebrates living in integrity that invites divine presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm you are not addressing others but the state of your own consciousness. A froward heart is a stubborn mood that keeps you from awareness; when you refuse to know a wicked person you are training your attention away from judgment toward a pure inner atmosphere where the I AM can dwell. Slandering your neighbor is a mischief of split voices in the psyche; you cut it off by refusing to feed it with belief. A high look and a proud heart are inner postures that bar the living presence. By lifting your awareness to the faithful of the land you choose to be where truth and integrity reside. When you walk in a perfect way you are serving the I AM, aligning your thoughts with the divine law that governs your life. Your world shifts as you persist in this state, inviting others who share that fidelity to appear in your life as if they belong to your inner kingdom.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In stillness, assume you are the faithful dwelling with the I AM and revise any froward, slanderous, or proud thought by declaring you are keeping the perfect way now, and feel that presence as your immediate reality. Let that feeling linger until it shapes your next moment.