Neville Goddard on Psalms 17:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 17 in context

Scripture Focus

6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalms 17:6-8

Biblical Context

The psalmist calls on God to be heard, asks for mercy, and desires protection. The imagery centers on being kept safe in divine care.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear thee, and thee hear me, for the I AM within answers to my call. The verse translates to a clarity of consciousness: I am not petitioning a distant power, but waking to the fact that my own awareness is already heard by the Creative Reality that I call God. When I incline my ear to my own speech, I align with the marvellous lovingkindness that saves by the right hand of steadfast belief. The adversaries are only thoughts rising against the certainty of my being; I do not chase them outside me, I revise them within. Keep me as the apple of the eye; let my attention be fixed on that which preserves and nourishes me. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings—imagine a shelter inside my mind where fear cannot reach, because I am held by the natural mercy of the I AM. This is salvation as present experience, a daily return to the truth that the self that speaks is the self that is heard, protected, and kept secure in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and repeat I AM heard; I AM kept. Visualize a winged shadow sheltering your mind and fix your attention at the apple of your eye—the center of your consciousness.