Neville Goddard on Psalms 147:8-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 147 in context

Scripture Focus

8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Psalms 147:8-11

Biblical Context

Psalm 147:8-11 describes God's care for all creatures and reveals that outer strength is not what pleases Him; He desires those who fear Him and hope in His mercy.

Neville's Inner Vision

God's cosmos is an invitation to inner conversion. The clouds and rain are symbolic images of your own states of consciousness. The grass that grows on the mountains is the fresh growth of your habits when you align with the governing I AM. God feeds the beast and the crying ravens because provision is an inner vibration of awareness, not a lucky outcome of outward circumstance. He delights not in strength—the horse, the legs of a man—but in those who fear Him and hope in His mercy, meaning those who dwell in reverence for the I AM and rest in the activity of mercy. Your life responds to your inner state: when you imagine yourself supplied and protected by the I AM, you activate the very mercy that sustains all forms of life. The verse thus teaches you to place inward trust above outer proof, to feel and assume the reality of provision, and to let mercy shape your daily experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a moment of quiet, assume the feeling that you are fed and supported by the I AM. Revise any sense of lack and feel it real that mercy governs your life.