Neville Goddard on Psalms 130:3-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 130 in context

Scripture Focus

3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalms 130:3-8

Biblical Context

The psalm says that if God kept track of sins, no one could stand, but there is forgiveness with Him. Those who wait for the Lord place their hope in His mercy and in the promise of redeeming power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the Lord stands as the I AM within the unwavering awareness that cannot tally failures. To mark iniquities is to keep a ledger of mistaken thoughts; yet there is forgiveness with the Lord that proclaims your true nature is untouched by judgment. Waiting for the Lord is a turning of attention from the problem to the Word the inner law that says you are already loved and complete. When you read let Israel hope in the Lord you invite the inner nation the entirety of your being to rest in mercy; with the Lord there is mercy and with Him is plenteous redemption reveals that grace is abundant in your consciousness ready to redeem every mistaken impression. The final promise and he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities is your cue that this redemptive energy is active now dissolving separation and restoring wholeness. In Neville sense forgiveness is not an event but a shift of state you do not seek forgiveness you assume the state of forgiveness and watch your world align to it. Your task choose the state revise the self feel it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare that you are forgiven now. Dwell in the feeling of being loved and let the awareness of the I AM dissolve every image of separation.