Neville Goddard on Psalms 52:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 52 in context

Scripture Focus

4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalms 52:4-5

Biblical Context

Psalm 52:4-5 denounces devouring words and a deceitful tongue and promises their destruction. In Neville's view, this points to cleansing inner dialogue—removing harmful mental patterns from consciousness rather than attacking others.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the devouring words and deceitful tongue as inner states of consciousness, not external acts. The psalm’s threat of destruction signals the need to uproot these patterns from the dwelling place of your mind. When you identify with such speech, you feed a reality that consumes peace and life; when you stop feeding it, the pattern withers. The remedy is the recognition that you are the I AM, the changeless awareness, and you can choose a different writing of your reality. By assuming a state of life-affirming speech, you actively dissolve the old tongue. Selah invites a pause to feel the truth of your creative power and to revise from fear to faith, from accusation to blessing. The “divine removal” is the inward cleansing: the toxic speech is peeled away, rooted out of the living mind, and replaced with a living, life-giving current of thought. Thus, you dwell not in exile from truth, but in a restored inner land where truth reigns.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of I AM as the source of life-giving speech; revise the pattern by affirming, 'My words are true and life-sustaining.' Feel it-real as you breathe, sensing the old, harsh inner talk dissolving into a calm, compassionate new voice.