Neville Goddard on Psalms 40:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 40 in context

Scripture Focus

1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Psalms 40:1-11

Biblical Context

David waits patiently for the Lord, is delivered from a pit, and proclaims trust and righteousness. The verses trace an inner ascent from despair to steadfast obedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 40 becomes your inner map. The 'pit' is the congested fear you have identified with; the 'rock' is the I AM, your steady awareness which already heard you. When it says He inclined and heard, interpret it as your attention turning toward your own divine I AM and listening. Your cry is not to a distant deity but to the living sense of I AM within you, and it answers by elevating your being to a new stance. The new song in the mouth is the outflow of a healed imagination, the confident tune you now carry as a permanent condition, drawing others to trust in the LORD. Your acts of obedience—delighting to do thy will and having the law within the heart—are inner alignments, not outward rituals: you conceive and declare the righteousness and keep mercy and truth present in your inner life. Persist, and the outer world may reflect this inward harmony. In the 'volume of the book' spoken of me, you realize the inner story is written by your I AM, and you walk forth in that script.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling 'I am heard and chosen' now. Sit quietly, breathe in the sense of being set on a rock, and declare 'I delight to do Thy will; the law is written in my heart.'