Neville Goddard on Psalms 34:11-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 34 in context

Scripture Focus

11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Psalms 34:11-22

Biblical Context

Psalm 34:11-22 invites the faithful to turn from evil, seek peace, and trust that the Lord watches over the righteous. It promises deliverance from trouble and care for the broken-hearted.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm I discover that the fear of the LORD is not a threat to be feared but an alignment of consciousness. The verses do not command an external deity to act; they reveal that the Lord is the living awareness within you, attentive to your cries when your heart is true and contrite. When you monitor your tongue, guard against deceit, and depart from evil, you are not performing moral feats so much as refining the vibrational state of your being. The eyes of the righteous and the ears that hear are your inner faculties tuned to a favorable weather of reality. The adversities spoken of are not external battles but inner conditions that melt under the light of this awareness. The promise that God delivers the righteous, that broken hearts are mended, and that bones are not broken is the declaration that your inner state governs outer events. If you dwell in this truth, know that you are always heard; the outer circumstance follows the inner perception, and what seems impossible becomes seen and felt as already done.