Neville Goddard on Psalms 40:11-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 40 in context

Scripture Focus

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

12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Psalms 40:11-17

Biblical Context

Psalm 40:11-17 is a prayer for tender mercies and deliverance, confessing the burdens of evils and iniquities. It closes with assurance that God thinks upon the needy and delivers.

Neville's Inner Vision

All that you face is a state of consciousness seeking relief. When the psalmist pleads for tender mercies and for truth to preserve, he names the inner conditions you must attend to: recognize your awareness (the I AM) as the merciful presence that preserves you; your perceived evils and guilt are patterns of thought, not your essence. Deliverance comes not from external force but from deliberate alignment: imagine the I AM turning its lovingkindness toward you now, and feel the relief as if the problem has already been solved. Observe any old self-image fading as you hold to the truth of your inner protection. The lines about those who seek harm become inner critics and negative pictures dissolving as you choose the joy of salvation. When you affirm, “I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinks upon me,” you acknowledge your status as the beloved I AM. Live in gratitude, declare the Lord magnified within, and permit immediate aid to replace delay. Your heart rises; your deliverance is formed in consciousness now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes; imagine the I AM tenderly preserving you and delivering you right now, and feel the relief as if trouble has been dissolved. Repeat a simple conviction: the Lord thinks upon me; I am delivered now.