Neville Goddard on Psalms 12:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 12 in context

Scripture Focus

1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Psalms 12:1-2

Biblical Context

Psalm 12:1-2 portrays a cry to God about moral decay: godly and faithful people seem to fail, and people's speech is vanity, flattering with a double heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here is the key: the psalmist does not beg for changing people; he asks you to awaken to the fact that you are the one creating the scene. God is not out there rescuing the faithful; God is the I AM within you, and the godly man ceaseth where you cease to identify with that I AM. When you think fearfully about others, you collapse trust and your world mirrors vanity, flattering lips, and a double heart. Your inner state—what you accept as reality—makes speech appear in your external world. If you want the faithful to endure, revise your assumption: see yourself as the undivided I AM, whole, true, and unwavering. Let your inner listening be kindly, discerning, and clean; deny the reality of what seems to threaten integrity. The moment you feel it real that you are the living word of truth, you will notice the outer voices lose their force and the tone of vanity fades. You are not pleading with men; you are restoring your own inner agreement with truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In quiet, assume the I AM as your steady perspective and revise any anxious dialogue about others into a scene of truthful, integral speech; then feel that state as already true.