Neville Goddard on Psalms 108:1-6 - 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.

Psalms 108:1-6

Biblical Context

The psalm centers on a heart fixed in God, resolved to praise and awaken an inner instrument of worship. It asserts that mercy and truth rise from heavenward places to bring deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Count not the outward lines of psaltery and harp, but the inner instrument of awareness that turns the mind to gratitude. When you fix your heart—your I AM—on a single note of praise, you awaken your inner orchestra. The phrase I myself will awake early becomes I myself choose to rise in consciousness before the world, to greet the dawn with a trust that cannot be moved by appearances. Praising thee among the people and nations is the realization that your state of consciousness speaks to others, radiating as form in your scene. Mercy above the heavens and truth to the clouds declare that your inner mercy and inner truth are not distant ideals but your present states of awareness, expanding beyond all limitation. Exalt the I AM above the heavens, let your glory rise in your mind until it fills the earth of your experience. The desired deliverance comes as you stand in that fixed state, calling upon the right hand of God within you to answer and deliver. What you seek is already yours as a shift in consciousness, not a change in circumstance.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and fix your I AM on one note of praise, feel your inner deliverance as already accomplished. Then carry that feeling into the next moment, acting as the 'delivered' version of yourself.