Inner Psalm Of Hope

Psalms 42:8-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Psalms 42 in context

Scripture Focus

8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 42:8-11

Biblical Context

Psalms 42:8-11 expresses that God's lovingkindness accompanies the psalmist by day and night, while urging the soul to hope in God and praise, despite feelings of abandonment and oppression.

Neville's Inner Vision

To read this psalm means to observe the psychology of your own heart. The day-bringing lovingkindness and the night-song are not weather, but your inner atmosphere, the steadfast rhythm of awareness that never abandons you. The question 'Where is thy God?' is the voice of doubt that imagines separation from life. Yet the rock of my life is not a distant fortress, but the I AM within—the unshakable presence that health, joy, and purpose ride upon. When you are cast down, you are simply mistaking the state you occupy for the whole of Being. Turn back to the truth: God is the life of my life; this very idleness or oppression dissolves as you realize that the Lord’s mercy commands your day and the night-song remains. Hope in God is not a plea but a deliberate re-entrance into a state of consciousness where praise arise as the natural expression of inner health. As you dwell in that awareness, you will discover your enemies fade into echoes, and your countenance shines with the health of your I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the feeling that you are God’s life. Repeat 'I am in God, and God is my life' until the sense of separation dissolves and your countenance lifts with the brightness of that truth.

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