Neville Goddard on Psalms 150:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 150 in context

Scripture Focus

1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

Psalms 150:1-5

Biblical Context

Psalm 150:1-5 calls us to praise the LORD in his sanctuary and in the firmament of his power, using various instruments to express praise for his mighty acts and greatness.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the text as a map of your own consciousness. The sanctuary is the place you are aware, the I AM waking in you; the firmament of power is the vibrational atmosphere you inhabit by attention. When the psalm invites praise for his mighty acts and excellent greatness, it is inviting you to recognize the acts already accomplished by your awareness—the moment you turn to the I AM and acknowledge it. The sounds—trumpet, psaltery, harp, timbrel, dance, strings, organs, cymbals—are symbolic faculties within you: speech and proclamation (trumpet), harmony and memory (psaltery/harp), motion and joy (timbrel/dance), sustained resonance (strings/organs), and bright, decisive affirmation (cymbals). To praise is to align with your true nature and to feel, as if it were real now, that you are the power that acts. As you dwell in this inner worship, you release the sense of separation and enter the sensation of God’s presence here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already in the sanctuary of your mind; feel the I AM within you and let gratitude surge as if it is real now. Imagine each instrument awakening a faculty of imagination, and dwell in the felt sense that you are the power being praised.