Neville Goddard on Psalms 14:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 14 in context

Scripture Focus

1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Psalms 14:1-5

Biblical Context

Psalm 14:1-5 presents the fool who says there is no God and the divine look from heaven—the inward awareness that seeks God. It contrasts folly with the truth that God is present in the generation of the righteous.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 14:1-5 presses the inner claim that denying God is a mental posture, a habit of consciousness. The 'fool' is not a distant sinner but a state of mind that pretends the I AM does not exist. God looking down from heaven is the moment consciousness surveys its own patterns, asking, 'Do I understand and seek God?' When you answer from the I AM, you end the drift of disbelief and align with the divine Presence. The lines 'they are all gone aside' and 'there is none that doeth good' describe the stubborn residues of a mind separated from its source. Yet 'God is in the generation of the righteous' is the affirmation that the I AM is present wherever you hold to truth and seek the Father within. Your work is to reverse the gravity of denial by dwelling in the assumption that God is the very I AM you are. Declare, 'I and the Father are one. I understand and seek God now,' and feel the presence rewriting fear into confident, luminous reality. In this inner act, you become the righteous generation that never left the divine home.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and revise: 'There is God in me; I understand and seek God now.' Feel the presence as you embody the I AM, allowing the sense of righteousness to settle.