Neville Goddard on Psalms 22:1-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 22 in context

Scripture Focus

1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

2O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

Psalms 22:1-21

Biblical Context

Psalm 22 voices a deep lament about feeling abandoned and overwhelmed. Yet it anchors in past deliverances and the truth of God’s nearness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the psalm is not about external events but a state of consciousness shifting between fear and faith. The cry 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' is the moment the self forgets its true identity as the I AM. The 'holy' God who inhabits the praises of Israel is the inseparable presence within you, the only real audience of your story. The cries and the scorn from others are inner voices of doubt, the inner lions and bulls of Bashan that assemble within your mind when you forget who you are. When the psalmist says 'Deliver my soul from the sword' or 'Be not far from me,' he is teaching you to invite the inner presence to stand in for every sense of lack. The imagery of bodily weakness and exposure translates to: your inner life is not at the mercy of exterior circumstances; you have a divine center that can be felt as strength and deliverance here and now. Trust is not a memory but a living decision to align with the I AM.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling of the I AM as your unshakable center. Revise the scene: you are not abandoned—feel the deliverer present now and let the sense of strength return as you breathe I AM.