Inner Blessings of Psalms 128
Psalms 128:3-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 128 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 128:3-5 speaks of blessings for the family of a man who fears the LORD, portraying the wife as a fruitful vine and children as olive plants, with outward blessing tied to inward reverence and covenant fidelity.
Neville's Inner Vision
Verse 3 does not describe literal vines but your inner states that nourish life. The wife as a fruitful vine and the children as olive plants around the table symbolize conditions of consciousness that sustain you: steadiness, nurture, and growth rooted in perception. When you fear the LORD, you align with a law of your own being that blesses through harmony, provision, and the daily good you notice as Zion within. The blessing out of Zion is the blessing of awareness turning to experience; the good of Jerusalem - an inner city you visit each day in imagination and chisel into being with feeling. Imagination is creative in your own life; what you cultivate inwardly becomes outward form. By dwelling in a state of gratitude, trust, and expectancy, you nurture a household that appears fruitful and protected, and you see that the blessing is not far off but already present in your present awareness. This is the reversible nature of prayer: you revise your inner scene and thereby revise your outer scene.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and image your home as Zion within you. See your wife as a vine and your children as olive plants; then feel the blessing as already yours and declare it silently until it resonates as truth.
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