Neville Goddard on Psalms 35:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 35 in context

Scripture Focus

13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Psalms 35:13-14

Biblical Context

Verses 13–14 describe outward signs of mourning—sackcloth, fasting, and a prayer that turns inward—together with a posture of intimate fellowship as if a friend or brother were present.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 13 reveals that the outward signs of mourning serve an inner conversion of consciousness. When you weary of lack, you do not change the world first; you revise your inner state until the ego’s demands fall silent and prayer returns to your own bosom, the I AM recognizing itself as the source. The fasting is your decision to deprive the senses of agitation so that inner awareness can breathe. Verse 14 invites you to act as if the one you seek is already near, a friend or brother, bowing with a heart fully in humility. This is not a social posture but a psychological alignment: you identify with the unity that heals and let the inner companion stand before you as your greater self. In Neville’s practice, the scene becomes your current feeling state: you are already healed, already in fellowship with the beloved, already complete in the act of prayer that moves from the lips of awareness into its own chest. Thus the outer signs reflect the inner movement you have chosen.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, clothe your mind in sackcloth of humility, and revise the scene to feel that your prayer is already within you; imagine meeting your inner friend as your healed self and let that state birth the next moment.