Neville Goddard on Psalms 14:1-7 - 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.

6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms 14:1-7

Biblical Context

Psalm 14:1-7 contrasts the fool who denies God's existence with God's watchful gaze. It points to redemption as a shift in consciousness from separation to union with the Divine.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Psalm 14, the fool who says there is no God is a state of consciousness claiming separation from the I AM. God looks down from heaven upon the children of men not to condemn but to reveal the truth: understanding and seeking God begin the moment you assume the Lord is within you. The lines about there being none that doeth good are the old thoughts you must revise. They eat up your sense of self as bread, feeding on lack. Yet the Lord is in the generation of the righteous—your right state of awareness where fear dissolves. You have shamed the counsel of the poor only when you deny your own God-given worth; refuge is found within as the I AM. Oh that salvation would come from Zion—that inner state— and when you bring back captivity, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad, because you realize you never left unity with God. Inner realities birth outward experience.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and insist that the I AM is your reality; revise the belief 'there is no God' to 'I and God are one now.' Feel the unity as already present and let it radiate through your body.