Neville Goddard on Psalms 53:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 53 in context

Scripture Focus

2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

3Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

5There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Psalms 53:2-5

Biblical Context

God looks from heaven to see who understands and seeks God; all have turned away and there is none that doeth good. The workers of iniquity have not called upon God, and fear is scattered by the divine presence, exposing illusion.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, this psalm is not a judgment on others but a map of your inner kingdom. God looking down from heaven is the clear fact that awareness, the I AM, looks into your mind to see if you understand and seek what is already yours. When you feel this look, you are not condemned; you awaken to the truth that you are ever seeking the divine within. The line 'every one of them is gone back' points to the wandering ego that forgets its unity and calls separation real. 'There is none that doeth good' becomes the felt sense of an ego convinced by appearances, not a verdict on your absolute being. The call 'have the workers of iniquity no knowledge' invites you to shift from reliance on images to communion with your own I AM. Fear arises where separation reigns; yet as you center in the inner presence, fear is scattered, the old beliefs crumble. This is not punishment but alignment: God despises nothing, only illusion. Your true nature shines as the I AM, calm, radiant, and unstoppable.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the one seeking God within now; feel the I AM presence within your heart. Revise by declaring 'I call upon God within me now' and breathe until the sense of unity is already real.