Neville Goddard on Psalms 114:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 114 in context

Scripture Focus

1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

Psalms 114:1-4

Biblical Context

Psalms 114:1-4 portrays Israel's exodus—from bondage to sanctuary and dominion—and the natural world responding to the divine presence. Viewed through Neville's lens, it's an inner drama of consciousness awakening and ruling its circumstances.

Neville's Inner Vision

Whenever you read Psalms 114:1-4, interpret Israel's exodus as your own shift of attention from bondage to the I AM presence. Egypt represents the old belief that you are separate from God. The house of Jacob waking from a strange language is your inner mind awakening to a language of sovereignty. Judah as sanctuary is the quiet center of awareness that rules; Israel as dominion is the realized capacity of your consciousness to govern appearances. As you rest in that awareness, the Sea of fear and confusion witnesses the light and flees; Jordan is driven back by the certainty of inner order. The mountains skipping like rams and little hills like lambs illustrate how solid forms rearrange themselves under a regenerated belief. You are not a spectator to phenomena—you breathe life into them by the I AM. The presence of God within becomes the kingdom you inhabit, turning deliverance into a continuous, felt reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM is the sanctuary within you now. Revise any troubling scene by affirming, 'I am the dominion; all conditions respond to my awareness,' and feel the shift as if it already happened.