Neville Goddard on Psalms 37:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 37 in context

Scripture Focus

1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Psalms 37:1-2

Biblical Context

Psalm 37:1-2 tells you not to fret or envy those who do wrong; outward success fades while the righteous endure in the end.

Neville's Inner Vision

Do not mistake external success for reality's truth. In the Neville lens, evildoers are not out there separate from you; they are a belief in your own mind — an old story of lack surfacing to be revised. The command fret not is a command to awaken your I AM, the unchanging awareness that witnesses both the grass and the withering. When you identify with the I AM, you stop projecting your insecurity onto others and begin to experience the end of envy as the consciousness you inhabit now. The verse’s image of being cut down is the natural consequence of a wrong assumption; when you insist that you are the perceiver, you see that time is a psychological movement that you can revise. Your attention, not the world, creates results; by holding the feeling of the wish fulfilled you dissolve the fear that others outshine you. In that space of awareness, the world changes in your inner sight, and the outer scene follows.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling of the I AM as the witness of all; revise not to envy others but to rest in your own steady perception. See evildoers fading as you breathe peace into your chest and remain firmly awake to your consciousness.