Neville Goddard on Psalms 123:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 123 in context

Scripture Focus

2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Psalms 123:2-4

Biblical Context

The psalmist waits with eyes on the Lord, longing for mercy. He names the contempt that weighs the soul and seeks the Lord's presence as ultimate relief.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your attention is the waiting eyes of a servant, turned not to a master’s form but to the Master within—the I AM that you are. When you regard Psalms 123:2-4, you are invited to realize that mercy is not a distant gift but a realization of your own inner presence. The contempt and scorn described are the tremors of an old self that forgets its unity with God. Yet to remember is to return to the I AM, for God is the sense of being that dwells in you now. As you maintain this gaze, mercy arises as a felt assurance—your life unfolds under the steady light of awareness rather than the fluctuating opinion of others. The eyes that wait on God become the very eyes of your consciousness, and the future is secured by the present recognition that you already are the mercy sought. In short: you are not waiting for mercy; you are the mercy waiting to be realized by your awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, lift your awareness to the I AM within, and declare, 'I am mercy now.' Feel that presence saturate your being as the surrounding world softens into grace.