Neville Goddard on Psalms 30:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 30 in context

Scripture Focus

3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalms 30:3-5

Biblical Context

Psalm 30:3-5 speaks of God lifting the soul from the grave, preserving life, inviting praise for holiness, and promising joy after sorrow.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm, the grave is a state of consciousness, a mind-pit of fear and belief in death. When you awaken to the truth that you are the I AM, that awareness has the power to pull the soul up and out. To say in his favour is life is to affirm that your inner alignment with the divine life creates vitality here and now. Anger endures but a moment; the feeling of separation is a passing affliction in the dream of time. Weeping may endure for a night, but the morning relentlessly returns when you refuse to identify with the night and choose the dawn. The saints are those who keep faith in this inner life; holiness is not a ritual but the steady discipline of gratitude and attention to the good that your consciousness already is. When you reinterpret the verses as a method, you begin with the end in mind: life, revived soul, and joy. Then your outer world shifts to reflect that inner dawn, and you walk in the sunrise of your own permanent divine state.