Neville Goddard on Psalms 114:1-8 - 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.

5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Psalms 114:1-8

Biblical Context

Israel’s outward exodus marks the turning point where God’s presence changes reality. When the I AM is acknowledged, even the sea, Jordan, and mountains respond.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the outward events in Psalm 114 are symbolic of an inner shift. When you realize that God is the I AM—the awareness that never leaves you—the sea and Jordan reveal what your inner weather does when faith stands still. If you think you are trapped in strange language or in a small perception, you can turn to the sanctuary of Judah within and claim Israel as your mind’s dominion. The mountains skipping and the hills leaping are the beliefs in motion under the authority of your awakened imagination. Tremble not; it is the earth recognizing the presence of the Lord. And when you imagine the rock becoming water, you are witnessing the transformation of stale, fixed ideas into living perception. This is not history, but a practice: you, the I AM, reconfigure your inner world by assumption until the outer evidences follow.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and declare, I AM. Revise your sense of limitation by feeling immediate freedom and see the inner sea turning into living waters.