Inner Fire of Psalm 140:9-10

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the verse as a map of your inner landscape. The 'head of those that compass me about' are the thought-forms—circular judgments, fears, and resentments—that circle your attention when you forget your sovereignty. The 'mischief of their lips' is the chatter of the old self, the stories you repeat about others and about yourself when you trust appearances over your I AM. The lines about burning coals and pits are not a punishment aimed at others, but a vivid image of the inner heat and traps you forge with unhealed injury and projection. If you insist on condemning others, you awaken the same energy in your world; you cast your own fire inward, and experience becomes a pit you fear to fall into. Realize, however, that you govern with your imagination. Invoke your I AM as the sole perceiver and maker of reality, and revise: those surrounding voices are dissolved by the authority of your calm, just gaze. In that decisive shift, judgment yields to understanding, and your outer scene aligns with your inner standard of justice, dignity, and compassion.