Neville Goddard on Psalms 114:3-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 114 in context

Scripture Focus

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 114:3-8

Biblical Context

An outward scene shows the sea fleeing, Jordan turning back, and mountains leaping—signs of inner movements responding to a living Presence. The psalm portrays God’s presence as the force that alters the order of creation within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM of your consciousness, these lines map your inner geography. The sea that fled and the Jordan that rolled backward are your old emotions and fixed beliefs yielding to the overwhelming presence you acknowledge within. When you declare the Lord of Jacob—the living awareness in you—the motions of mind rearrange themselves: fear dissolves, doubt recedes, and a more timeless activity takes the lead. The mountains skipping like rams and the little hills like lambs symbolize states of mind that leap upward and soften when confronted by Reality—the awareness that you are the I AM. Turning rock into standing water and flint into fountains is the mind’s proof that imagination can convert hardship into life. Stones represent rigid habits or doubts; by allowing the living stream of consciousness to flow through them, they become living sources. This is not conquest of others, but awakening to your own divine nature. Practice: cultivate the assumption that you are that Presence now, and dwell there until inner weather shifts to reflect it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, affirm I AM the presence within me now, and visualize the sea receding, the rock turning to water, and the mountains leaping as your inward reality.