Shield Within Psalm 3

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this passage as a map of your inner life. The ‘they’ and the threats are not mere people but restless thoughts and fears that rise within you. The claim 'There is no help for him in God' is the separated mind’s old script; it is not an external verdict but a false assumption you have believed. The pivot comes with 'But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me'—the I AM presence at the core of consciousness that guards perception and steadies the gaze. 'My glory' denotes the divine dignity your imagination reveals when fear is quieted, and 'the lifter up of mine head' describes an upright posture of awareness—knowing you are seen, upheld, and inseparably one with the source of all life. Selah invites a pause to let this truth sink beyond intellect into felt certainty. In Neville’s method, you do not argue reality but assume it; by dwelling in the shielded state, you dissolve the sense of attack and awaken to a constant, protective presence within.