Inner Rescue: Psalms 22:20-21

Neville's Inner Vision

In Psalms 22:20-21 the cry for deliverance from the sword, the dog, and the lion’s mouth is a cry from a consciousness beset by fear. The sword is the sharp judgments of thought; the darling is the cherished sense of self or life; the dog’s power is the relentless mental noise that would devour peace. The lion’s mouth represents the closing pressure of fear, and the unicorns’ horns evoke overwhelming, imagined impossibilities. Yet the line ‘for thou hast heard me’ stands as the keynote: the I AM within is listening now. When you reinterpret this, deliverance becomes a shift of consciousness, not a rescue from outward danger. The soul is moved from peril by realizing that the divine I AM is always hearing and ready to respond from within. As you rest in that awareness, the threats fade, because you’ve awakened to a state of safety already present. The verse becomes your invitation to assume the victorious feeling of being heard and held by the inner God-self.