Neville Goddard on Psalms 38:1-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 38 in context

Scripture Focus

1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalms 38:1-22

Biblical Context

The psalm records a soul's heavy burden, pleading for mercy while bearing the consequences of sin; it expresses distress, isolation, and longing for God. Yet the voice anchors trust: in thee, O LORD, do I hope.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 38 presents a consciousness at odds with itself, a drama of separation and longing that you have lived and can revise. When the text speaks of wrath, arrows, and heavy burdens, see these as inner pictures—patterns of thought that press on your felt sense and body. The 'no soundness in my flesh' and the aching heart are symptoms of a mind clinging to a former self; the moment you resist, you awaken to belief in limitation. Yet the line 'in thee, O LORD, do I hope' is the key: your true self—the I AM that you are—never leaves you; it is the still, affirming witness who hears every groan and knows every need. Neville taught that God is not a distant judge but the awareness into which all experience is allowed to appear. Therefore imagine this: you are already forgiven, already held, already restored to peace, and the so-called sin becomes the very ground for a new state to be felt as real. Let mercy arise as your inner rhythm; let forgiveness precede every decision; and watch a burden dissolve as a new sense of life arises within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and rest in the I AM within. Revise aloud: 'I am forgiven, held, and restored; my burden dissolves as I rest in divine Presence.' Then breathe into that felt truth.