Neville Goddard on Psalms 139:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 139 in context

Scripture Focus

5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Psalms 139:5-6

Biblical Context

Psalm 139:5-6 depicts God surrounding the speaker—behind and before—and resting His hand on them. The sense of such intimate presence is described as wondrous and beyond attainment.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's reading, the psalm is not about a distant deity but about the I AM that you are conscious of. To be beset behind and before is to awaken to the fact that no moment of your life lies outside the field of awareness you are. God as 'hand upon me' is not a threat but guidance; it is the felt assurance that your acts are under a benevolent order of consciousness. Such knowledge is too wonderful—an invitation to humility before the vastness of your own being. Humility here is not resignation but the realization that you are the I AM, and the surround of this I AM makes every direction safe. When you assume you are always preceded and followed by awareness, you stop seeking outside and begin living from within, where every circumstance is a manifestation of Providence. The verse invites you to revise smallness into a direct recognition: you are encircled by the divine mind, and its touch is its care. Practice now by assuming the I AM surrounds you completely and guides your path.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and declare: I am surrounded by the I AM; God's hand rests on me now. Let this feeling of divine encirclement settle into my chest until it feels real.