Neville Goddard on Psalms 39:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 39 in context

Scripture Focus

2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Psalms 39:2-3

Biblical Context

The psalm describes a moment of silent restraint that gives way to inner emotion. This arc culminates in a decisive inner speech that shapes reality.

Neville's Inner Vision

Silence in this Psalm is not a vacancy but a state of consciousness that prepares the mind for the birth of form. The outer world waits while the inner climate is tended: sorrow stirs, the heart becomes hot with deliberate musings, and the mind discovers its true authority—the I AM behind every sensation. When you refrain from speaking to the world, you give the self permission to complete its work in the unseen storehouse of imagination. The fire is not anger but desire informed by faith, a transforming heat that tunes you to the reality you would have. Then, at the proper moment, the tongue can speak—not in imitation of others, but as the living I AM that you now identify with. Your spoken word becomes the cut of reality through which the inner state takes form in your world. See that you are the author of your experience, waking the dream by choosing the state you inhabit. When you accept this, you will find your silence breaks into speech that re-creates your life.