Neville Goddard on Psalms 109:16-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 109 in context

Scripture Focus

16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Psalms 109:16-19

Biblical Context

The passage portrays a man who withholds mercy, persecutes the poor, and invites judgment upon himself. It frames these inner actions as a cycle that ends by returning what one has sown.

Neville's Inner Vision

The psalm does not describe a distant external offender, but a state of consciousness within you—a hardened mood that refuses mercy and clings to condemnation. When you withhold compassion from any part of your life, you magnetize a curse-like tone in your thinking, and that inward weather returns as your daily experience. The imagery of clothing himself with cursing, letting it enter his bowels and bones, reveals how deeply this state penetrates your being: beliefs, judgments, and identifications become flesh. The garment and girdle are your self-image; the self who curses becomes the self you wear. To redeem this, you must invert the equation: choose blessing as your dominant assumption, feel the mercy you seek as already present, and dwell in the I AM that notices no attack from bitterness. By harboring mercy in imagination, you strip away the old garment and clothe yourself in steady grace that remains when circumstances seem dire.

Practice This Now

Take one current grievance and revise it by affirming 'I AM mercy' toward all involved; see the scene reshaped as blessing, and feel that state as already real.