Neville Goddard on Psalms 104:5-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 104 in context

Scripture Focus

5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalms 104:5-9

Biblical Context

Psalm 104:5-9 speaks of the earth's unmovable foundations, the deep waters as a garment, and boundaries that keep the seas from overwhelming the land; it depicts a divinely ordered creation.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you call creation is a portrait of your own mind in a state of established order. The foundations laid by the Creator correspond to fixed assumptions you accept about yourself and your world—an unshakable sense of being, of what is possible, and of what life can contain. The waters, hidden beneath the surface, are your submerged feelings and past imaginations; they clothe the mind in a garment of possibility. When you rebuke limitation with a new conviction, the thunder of that conviction moves the inner weather, causing the old currents to withdraw from the mountains of attention. The ascent and descent of rivers reflect the fluctuations of thought as you move toward the state you have founded—your goal imagined into existence by you in consciousness. The boundary set by the I AM within your mind is not a cage but a discipline that keeps your experience from overflowing into contradiction. When you dwell in the end and feel it as real now, you enact a cosmic order that governs every aspect of your life.

Practice This Now

Choose a desired state (e.g., stability, abundance, or clear boundaries) and declare, 'I am the foundation of my experience.' Sit quietly, feel your feet on the ground, breathe deeply, and imagine the waters retreating as you hold this conviction in feel-it-real persistence.