Neville Goddard on Psalms 146:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 146 in context

Scripture Focus

1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 146:1-10

Biblical Context

The psalm invites continual praise and reliance on the LORD rather than human strength. It describes God's justice, mercy, and kingship over the world.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beyond the page you sense the message as a state of consciousness. The LORD's acts of care in 146:7-9 are not distant history but moves of your inner God toward awareness: to feed the hungry in your thoughts, to loose the bonds of limitation, to open the eyes that have been blind to possibility. When you praise the LORD, you are rehearsing the stance of the I AM—bowing not to fear nor to princes, but to the living truth you already are. Happiness is not found in outward rulers but in the God of Jacob as your immediate support; the world you see is a projection of your inner alignment. The breath you breathe corresponds to your life in God; thoughts perish when you believe them as final, and new visions replace them. The promise that the LORD reigns forever is your inner sovereignty that cannot be overthrown by appearances. By using praise as a mental shift, you turn the rigged laws of lack upside down and awaken mercy, justice, and freedom within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the God of Jacob as your immediate help and feel the truth as real now. Revise any fear by declaring, The LORD reigns in me, until the sense of independence dissolves into divine presence.