Neville Goddard on Psalms 109:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 109 in context

Scripture Focus

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Psalms 109:8-9

Biblical Context

Psalm 109:8–9 presents a harsh judgment against an adversary, promising his days and household will be overturned. In Neville’s framework, the 'adversary' is a state of consciousness within you that claims power over your life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville’s psychology, the psalm’s 'enemy' is a stubborn state of consciousness that claims a throne inside you. That state, like a would-be ruler, feeds on fear, pride, and the belief that you are governed by circumstance rather than by I AM. The verse’s severity signals the moment you stop honoring that inner king and begin to revoke its jurisdiction. See the office as a mental position you have granted to limitation; by choosing I AM as sovereign observer, you erase its authority. Let its days be few by withdrawing attention; let its children be fatherless by refusing to feed the outcomes it promises; let its wife be a widow by dissolving the emotional habit sustaining the pattern. In place of that exhausted state, claim a new order: the single, all-knowing awareness that you are one with God. Persist in this revised state, and the old image loses its grip; your life reorders itself around the royal, unthreatened presence of I AM.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, declare I AM the ruler of my inner kingdom. Visualize the old adversary stepping off its throne and dissolving as the I AM power fills the room.