Neville Goddard on Psalms 50:1-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 50 in context

Scripture Focus

1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.

18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Psalms 50:1-23

Biblical Context

The psalm contrasts hollow sacrifices with true covenant, urging heartfelt thanksgiving and upright speech as the path to deliverance and God’s rightly ordered presence in the life of the worshiper.

Neville's Inner Vision

Listen to the psalm as a whisper of your own I AM. The mighty God who speaks and calls the earth is the awakening awareness within you, not an external judge. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined into your consciousness, and your inner God comes not to condemn your rites but to reveal the living covenant you already keep when you attend to your inner state. The call to the heavens and the earth is your inner court where thoughts and sensations are weighed by the real verdict of awareness. 'Gather my saints' becomes: gather the steadfast states of consciousness that have pledged themselves to this I AM through principled thinking, thanksgiving, and truthful speech. When you 'order thy conversation aright,' you rewrite your inner dialogue until it reflects gratitude and trust. Then the line 'I will deliver thee' becomes your felt reality: relief, harmony, and salvation enter your life as you dwell in the state of imaged unity. The contrast with the wicked is the reminder that inner discord produces outer illusions; your praise and faithful breathing reveal the soul’s true salvation.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and assume you are the I AM commanding your life. Revise any lack-based self-talk, then silently declare, 'I am the covenant I keep—order my conversation aright; I will deliver myself now' and feel it as real.