Neville Goddard on Psalms 31:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 31 in context

Scripture Focus

6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Psalms 31:6-8

Biblical Context

Psalm 31:6-8 contrasts those who chase vanities with the psalmist's decision to trust the LORD, celebrating mercy that knows trouble and opens a spacious place of safety.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the 'lying vanities' as the tireless chatter of counterfeit images pretending to be reality. Hate them not with rebellion, but with discernment, for you know you are not defined by them. Your true self is the I AM—the Lord within, the steady awareness that is always present. To say 'I trust in the LORD' is to identify with that inner state, not to petition a distant power. The mercy mentioned is the inward grace that has already weighed your trouble, recognized your soul in adversity, and answered with compassion. When you are tempted to fear, remember that you are not sealed off by an enemy; you are led into a larger room—the spaciousness of consciousness where you can move, decide, and live from a calm, unbroken center. The sense of deliverance comes as you stand in this new alignment: you feel protected, free, and expansive, because the I AM has set your feet in a wide, unmarred place. In such awareness, you know you are cared for and unbound by circumstance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are already standing in a large room of awareness; softly affirm 'I trust in the LORD' as your own I AM, and feel the spacious freedom filling you.