Neville Goddard on Psalms 53:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 53 in context

Scripture Focus

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 53:3-5

Biblical Context

The verses portray a people who have turned from good, with the workers of iniquity attacking the vulnerable. Fear arises where there should be trust, and God intervenes to humble the oppressors.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard frame, the psalm speaks not of distant enemies but of the states of consciousness within you. 'They' are habitual thoughts that have forgotten the I AM, the God within. The 'workers of iniquity' are not persons but patterns of fear and deed that drain your energy as they feed on your attention; they have not called upon God (awareness). When you encounter those fears, you are witnessing the effect of separation from your divine nature. The image of God scattering bones represents the dissolution of those collapsing states when you reaffirm the one Life within you. The prideful shame of the others mirrors the soul’s preference for unity with God over separation. The closing line points to a decision: align with the I AM, and these inner enemies lose power as you stand in divine presence.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, declare 'I AM the only reality; God within me is all-powerful,' then revise any fearful states as transient and dissolved. Feel the stabilized divine presence here and now.