Neville Goddard on Psalms 39:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 39 in context

Scripture Focus

5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Psalms 39:5-6

Biblical Context

Psalm 39:5-6 shows life as a brief handbreadth and declares that human effort is vanity. It warns that people chase riches whose ultimate owner is unknown.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, you are asked to awaken to the truth that days are but a handbreadth in the field of consciousness. The Psalmist speaks as one who has learned to measure time by the I AM within, not by clocks or counting riches. When he says that every man’s best state is vanity, he is teaching you that the value of life is not found in the external show but in the alignment of your inner state with God—the Presence that you are. Wealth, then, is not what piles up in the world but the quiet sense of sufficiency already yours in imagination. Disquiet and striving arise from identifying with transient appearances; in the silence of your own I AM, these worries melt as you revise them into a new conviction: I have all that I need because I am that very Life. Observe that the psalmist does not condemn wealth but the vain heapings; wisdom is discernment: know what you are trusting. Your day flows from inner assurance, not outward accumulation.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and affirm, 'I am the I AM, the source of all abundance within me.' Then revise one current need by feeling it real now, as if you already possess it, with gratitude.