Neville Goddard on Psalms 16:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 16 in context

Scripture Focus

2O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Psalms 16:2-4

Biblical Context

Psalm 16:2-4 presents a personal Lordship: the speaker declares the LORD as their own, with delight reserved for the inner saints. It warns that chasing other gods multiplies sorrows and the lips should not utter the names of counterfeit deities.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 2–4 speaks of a present relationship: you call the Lord your own. In Neville's tongue, these are states of consciousness. When you declare, 'Thou art my Lord,' you are not naming a distant authority but acknowledging the I AM as the ruler of your inner city. The good of your life is found not in offerings to gods outside, but in the saints—the quiet, excellent powers within—the manifestations of your true nature. Chasing other gods is simply the habit of imagining yourself separate from Life, which multiplies sorrows because you feed lack. The 'drink offerings of blood' are the costly fear-based acts you perform to prove reality to be other than it is. By turning away from those names and leaning into the inner Lord, you reimagine your experience from the assumed state: the I AM is Lord of all, and your day, your relationships, your work flow from that healing, single awareness. Imagination creates reality; therefore, willingly inhabit the inner throne, and the outer world follows the light of that decision.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume the state, 'The I AM is Lord within,' feeling it as your present reality. Revise any sense of lack by affirming the saints within are the source of all good, and feel the shift.