Neville Goddard on Psalms 18:7-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 18 in context

Scripture Focus

7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Psalms 18:7-15

Biblical Context

Psalm 18:7-15 presents a dramatic display of divine power, described as earthshaking and skies opening to reveal God’s presence. In Neville’s terms, this mirrors the inner awakening when you align with the I AM and allow your consciousness to reorganize your life.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville perspective, these lines are not about weather and armies, but about your inner weather and the sovereignty of the I AM within. The earth trembles because a convinced inward state shifts the bondage of fear into the freedom of faith. The smoke from the nostrils and fire from the mouth symbolize the purifying energy of attention—what you intensely imagine becomes the fuel that kindles your life. When he bows the heavens and descends, it is the moment your higher self lowers into your awareness, converting darkness into a secret place where you may dwell with unshaken resolve. Riding upon a cherub and flying on the wings of the wind indicates your imagination moving where you permit it to go, carried by your decision and faith. The secret place of darkness becomes the theater in which you revise limitation. The thunder and the voice represent the decisive "I AM" within you: you are the source and the world rearranges to reflect your inner state. In short, the outer world obeys your inner assumption when you align with the Presence within.

Practice This Now

Practice a daily, present-tense moment: sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I AM the Presence that moves all things.' Then revise any fear by returning to this identification and feeling the truth as real now.