Neville Goddard on Psalms 50:16-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 50 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Psalms 50:16-21

Biblical Context

God speaks to the wicked who mouth statutes while hating instruction; their words and acts reveal a corrupted inner state. He promises to reprove them and set their conduct in order before their eyes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Psalms 50:16-21 as a map of your inner courtroom. The I AM within is not a distant judge but the witness and governor of your life. When you hear What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, recognize you are hearing a state of consciousness that pretends to keep law while despising instruction. When you see a thief and consent with him, you are noticing a part of you that has allied with deceit. The silence in verse 21 is invitation, not absence; it asks you to awaken. I, the I AM within, reprove and reorder your thoughts so they align with truth. The passage invites you to stop judging others and invite inner alignment, folding discordant voices into one obedient will. The inner reproof clears the way for your imagination to live by the covenant you intend. Feel that you are already under the covenant of love, and watch external judgments fall away as your inner statutes become your lived reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the I AM speaking to your present self: you are already in covenant, aligned with truth. Feel that alignment now as real, and revise any inner speech that echoes deceit into a single, loving statement.