Neville Goddard on Psalms 40:1-2 - 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.

Psalms 40:1-2

Biblical Context

The psalm describes waiting for the LORD, who hears the cry. He lifts the speaker from a pit and sets their feet on a rock, confirming a steady path.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the speaker’s patience is not idle; it is the recognizing of an inner state that awaits its own I AM. When I claim, in consciousness, that the I AM inclines toward me and answers my cry, I am not begging from without but awaken to the truth that I am heard by the very energy I am. The horrible pit and miry clay are the conditions of fear and doubt I have believed as real; yet in imagination I rise, and the mind that was submerged rises with it. The moment the inner assurance is settled—‘I am heard; I am lifted’—the shift occurs: a rock of true footing appears, a solid ground that cannot be moved by circumstance. The establishing of my goings is not a future event but a present alignment: I choose the feeling of being guided, secure, and free to move. As I persist in this inner sight, the outer life follows with steadier steps and new direction, proving that the divine hearing is the action of my own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and practice the feeling of being heard by the I AM: envision a pit dissolving as you rise, feel your feet land on a rock, and affirm that your path is established. Maintain the felt sense for a few breaths, then walk forward in that stillness.