Neville Goddard on Psalms 11:4-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 11 in context

Scripture Focus

4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

7For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

Psalms 11:4-7

Biblical Context

Psalm 11:4-7 presents the LORD as dwelling in heaven's temple, observing every thought, testing the righteous, and dealing with the wicked; the upright are loved and seen by God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Blessed reader, when you read that the LORD sits in heaven's temple and eyes all the children of men, translate it into your own consciousness. The temple is the quiet state of I AM within you; heaven is your expanded awareness, where every thought is seen without judgment. To test the righteous is to notice which thoughts you allow to dominate; if you cling to fear, anger, or violence in imagination, you are feeding the 'wicked' state, and the soul contracts from God's love. But the Lord loves righteousness; when you align with the upright—your decisions, your feeling-tone, your image of yourself as moral and pure—God's countenance rests upon you. The storms and snares you fear are only contractions of your own thinking; when you persist in imagining the good, the inner weather shifts, and judgment becomes clear discernment rather than punishment. You are not at the mercy of external events; you are the I AM perceiving your world.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and declare 'I AM' the observer of your thoughts; revise anxious images by affirming, 'I am the upright; the Lord beholds me.' Feel the shift as your awareness rests in a peaceful, righteous view of your life.