Neville Goddard on Psalms 50:14-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 50 in context

Scripture Focus

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 50:14-23

Biblical Context

Psalm 50:14-23 calls us to offer thanksgiving, keep vows, and call on God in trouble, while warning the wicked that lip-service and deceit lead to nothing. It ends by affirming that praising God and ordering one's conversation reveals the salvation of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner Psalm is a doorway into the I AM you are. The words about offering thanksgiving and paying vows are not external acts but a commitment of your awareness. When you call upon the day of trouble, you are not begging a distant God; you are entering a deliberate shift of consciousness, choosing in imagination to stand as the unassailable I AM, the living covenant in you. The contrast in the psalm shows two states: one that forgets instruction and speaks deceit, and the other that regards God as the ruling reality. In your mind, when you align your speech and deeds with that reality, when you cease slandering your inner brother and stop partnering with fear, you reprove the old picture and set order before your eyes. The salvation of God is not future rescue but the experiential calm and power that flows from the I AM. So the call to praise is a call to dwell in a state that mirrors divine order; the moment you assume that state as real, you witness deliverance and the rising light of true conversation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare I am awake to God within me; I offer thanks now and keep my word with the I AM. Then feel a widening calm and let your speech align with that truth, speaking only what your inner covenant permits.