Neville Goddard on Psalms 111:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 111 in context

Scripture Focus

1Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

2The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

3His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

Psalms 111:1-4

Biblical Context

Psalm 111:1-4 invites praising God with the whole heart in the community of the upright, affirming His great works, enduring righteousness, and gracious compassion.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the psalmist speaking to the I AM within me: to praise the LORD with my whole heart is to consent to the truth of my own divine nature. The 'assembly of the upright' becomes the inner council of disciplined thoughts, the state of awareness where attention rests on what is true and good. When I acknowledge that the works of the LORD are great, I am not counting external wonders; I am recognizing the power of consciousness moving in me and through me, arranging my life by harmony rather than conflict. His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever—so I claim that the patterns of justice and right order are my natural condition, not a distant ideal. He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; in my memory I train myself to recall occasions when peace, mercy, and beauty appeared as lawful outcomes of my inner state. The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, and I choose to dwell in that graciousness now, as my present mode of being. Praise then becomes a declaration: I am intimately one with the I AM, and my world follows suit.

Practice This Now

Assume now the feeling of the inner assembly: praise the LORD with your whole heart in the consciousness of I AM, recalling gracious works until that grace and compassion feel real in your body and life.