Neville Goddard on Psalms 116:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 116 in context

Scripture Focus

8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 116:8-9

Biblical Context

Psalm 116:8-9 describes deliverance: the soul is saved from death, eyes are kept from tears, and feet are kept from stumbling. It ends with the resolve to walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the verses speak not of a distant event but of a state you awaken into. Delivered my soul from death is the easing of the mind's claim that you are dying under fear; you imagine yourself already safe in the I AM, and the fear dissolves as you dwell in that awareness. Mine eyes from tears becomes the clearing of your inner sight - no longer led by sorrow but by a present vision of wholeness. Feet from falling signals a steady stepping in new consciousness, no slipping back into former habits because you have reidentified yourself as the I AM, the living presence that does the walking. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living translates to: you choose to live this moment as God in form—your everyday world, the land of the living, becomes the stage where you freely move in alignment with the divine. The inward conviction precedes outward change; the world bends to the state you now assume.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you are already delivered - feel the relief, the steady breath, the light in your eyes. Then declare I am delivered now; I walk before the LORD in the land of the living, and linger in that feeling until it feels real.