Neville Goddard on Psalms 102:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 102 in context

Scripture Focus

1Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Psalms 102:1-11

Biblical Context

The psalmist cries to God in distress, seeking attention and relief, and describes weariness, isolation, and the sense that days fade away.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your reading of Psalms 102:1-11 is not about a world out there; it is a map of your inner state. The cry for help, the veil of trouble, the sense of days wasted, and the voice of groaning are movements in your consciousness, not external events. When you feel lifted up and cast down by circumstance, you are really noticing a fluctuation in awareness—the up and down of attention. The request 'hide not thy face' is the demand that awareness not withdraw from your experience; yet the I AM can choose to remain aware even within disturbance. To interpret this psalm Neville-style is to revise the scene by assuming the presence of God as your constant I AM, here and now, regardless of appearances. In practice, you imagine yourself as the one who hears, who is not shaken by the sparrow on the rooftop or the jeers of enemies, but who remains centered and watched. When you feel ashes on the bread and tears mingling with your drink, you do not fight the emotion; you reinterpret it as the body telling you that you are waking from a dream of separation into unity with the divine awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In the next breath, assume the I AM is already present; feel the room brighten as you imagine God’s face shining toward you, and revise the scene by declaring, I am never abandoned.