Neville Goddard on Psalms 52:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 52 in context

Scripture Focus

1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 52:1-2

Biblical Context

Psalm 52:1-2 rebukes a boastful mind that schemes deceit, while naming the constant goodness of God as the true ground of being. In Neville’s lens, this calls you to examine inner states and revise them into alignment with the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through the Neville Goddard lens the mighty man who boasts in mischief is not a person but a late state of consciousness, a mind convinced of separation and deceit. The goodness of God endureth continually is not a memory but the unchanging I AM that stands behind every thought. The tongue that devises mischief is inner speech an overactive faculty imagining schemes and cutting away truth. When you identify with such thoughts you cut yourself off from the river of life; when you revise them you return to the sturdiness of awareness. Your task is not to wrestle with thoughts but to move your center of gravity from the doubtful self to the consciousness that is never moved by appearances. Mercy compassion truth and grace are the natural expressions of that steadiness; they replace deceit as you inhabit the state of God consciousness. The psalm invites you to own your inner accountability recognize the power of imagination and choose to dwell in the certainty that God's goodness is constant within you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the I AM is your immediate state of being; feel the constant goodness filling your awareness. Then revise every harmful thought by silently affirming I am in God, God is in me, and goodness governs my words and deeds.