Neville Goddard on Psalms 108:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 108 in context

Scripture Focus

1O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

3I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

6That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

7God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

10Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

11Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

13Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalms 108:1-13

Biblical Context

Psalm 108 declares a fixed heart in praise, a call to awake inner faculties, and a vow of divine deliverance and victory through God. It asserts that human help is vain without the I AM's strength.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us take Psalm 108 as a consecration of your inner state. I tell you that the fixed heart is the disciplined focus of your I AM—an unwavering attention that awakens the inner instrument of imagination and makes praise the natural outflow of consciousness. When the psaltery and harp arise in your inner room, you are not begging an external power; you are waking the faculties that sustain your life: mercy that soars above the heavens becomes a limitless compassion; truth reaching the clouds becomes clarity that transcends circumstance. Exalt not a distant deity, but the inner God whose glory is above all earth, the right hand by which you are delivered. The battles and boundaries of Shechem and Succoth symbolize the terrains of your own mind; Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Judah stand for your powers—will, memory, reason, and law—united under your sovereign inner king. When you face Edom or Moab, remember: vain is the help of man; through God you shall do valiantly. It is not future; you are already treading down your enemies in the field of imagination.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, fix your attention on the 'I AM' within, and imagine yourself as the king of your inner city, delivering and praising now. Silently repeat 'I am the I AM' and declare, 'Through God I shall do valiantly,' until it feels real.