The Even Foot of Integrity

Neville's Inner Vision

To the I AM within, the psalmist paints a scene not of distance from people but of disposition. 'Gather not my soul with sinners' is a command to withdraw from the mental alliances that fear and lack project as 'sinners' and 'bribes'—external men of mischief representing the belief that life is controlled by lifeless forces. The cry 'But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity' is the turning of the lens: the state of integrity is simply a fixed, inner alignment with the I AM, a state you claim and hold regardless of outward appearances. When the psalmist says 'redeem me, and be merciful unto me,' he is not appealing to a distant deity but returning to a remembered state of wholeness, the mercy that is the I AM aware of itself. 'My foot standeth in an even place' speaks of balance in consciousness; 'in the congregations will I bless the LORD' reveals that the blessedness of the inner state naturally expresses itself in outward community. The entire psalm is a description of how to live as the I AM, in quiet integrity, where blessing unfolds.