Inner Lament, Inner Presence

Psalms 44:19-24 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Psalms 44 in context

Scripture Focus

19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 44:19-24

Biblical Context

Psalm 44:19-24 speaks of a people crushed by calamity and feeling abandoned by God, asking why the Lord seems to sleep and hide his face while their oppression continues. It frames suffering as an inward cry for divine presence rather than a mere outward misfortune.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the dragons and shadow of death not as external beasts, but as fixed states of mind you have mistaken for reality. When they say we have forgotten the name of our God, that is the soul forgetting the I AM within; God searches the heart because your change of inner state will change your outer experience. The verse's cry that we are killed all the day is the mind's habit of identifying with limitation; the awakening call is your signal to refuse that identification and return to the conscious presence that never leaves you. By choosing to awaken now, you disarm the belief that God has hidden himself or forgotten your affliction. The only true judgment is your inner consent; once you rest your attention on the I AM, the sense of danger dissolves and life becomes the evidence of God within. Your future is a present possibility realized by a shift in your assumption, not by waiting for appearances to change.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and declare, 'I AM awake; God is present now.' Rest in the feeling that the divine presence is searching your heart and directing your life from within.

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