Neville Goddard on Psalms 119:73-80 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 119 in context

Scripture Focus

73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Psalms 119:73-80

Biblical Context

The psalmist acknowledges God as the craftsman who formed him, seeks understanding to learn the commandments, and trusts divine judgments while longing for mercy, delight in the law, and a steadfast heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your hands were not mere matter; they are the creative act of awareness shaped by I AM. When I say give me understanding, I do not beg from afar but align with the fact that understanding is my natural function of consciousness. I assume the state of knowing thy commandments, and in that assumption the commandments rise as living laws within me. Those who fear the light will be glad to see that I am the embodiment of right thinking, because I have hoped in thy word inside my own soul. I know thy judgments are right, and that any apparent affliction is a necessary purification within my inner law. Let mercy be for my comfort; let tender mercies come to me that I may live, for the law is my delight. I will meditate in thy precepts until my heart stands sound in thy statutes, unashamed. The inner world responds to the quiet, unwavering faith I hold, and those who fear thee turn toward me as I remain aligned with thy testimonies within the mind.

Practice This Now

Sit in stillness and assume the I AM within you as the creator and upholder of your life. Say, I now understand thy commandments and feel the understanding rise as real in my chest.