Neville Goddard on Psalms 14:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 14 in context

Scripture Focus

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 14:2-7

Biblical Context

God looks down to see who understands and seeks Him; most have turned aside and become unable to do good. Salvation comes when God restores captivity to His people, bringing joy to Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the moment you understand that the LORD is the I AM within you, you learn that heaven is a state of awareness, not a place far away. When you look down and ask, 'Do I understand and seek God?' you shift from outer judgment to inner alignment. The verse's sober claim that 'there is none that doeth good' is the world’s testimony when you forget your oneness; it is not your truth. The 'workers of iniquity' are the thoughts that eat away your peace; if you call not upon the LORD, you live in fear. Yet God is in the generation of the righteous—the moment you choose to align with your true nature. You have the refuge, the Lord, within you. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion—inside you, Zion is the disciplined consciousness in which you dwell with God. When the LORD brings back the captivity of your mind, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. The inner return is a revision of belief until you feel the I AM as your own life, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, repeat 'I AM that I AM within me now.' Then revise every lack into presence and feel the I AM lifting your mind back to Zion.