Neville Goddard on Psalms 55:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 55 in context

Scripture Focus

1Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Psalms 55:1-2

Biblical Context

David asks God to listen and not hide from his supplication, revealing a distress seeking divine attention. In Neville's frame, this is a call to awaken the inner I AM, recognizing that the proper 'listening' happens as inner awareness attends to your state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you the I AM is always listening; the God of the verse is your own awareness, not a distant power. When you hear 'Give ear to my prayer,' you are awakening to the assumption that your life is already being attended by the very consciousness you are. 'Hide not thyself from my supplication' speaks to the mind clinging to separation; you revise by assuming the listener is present, and that the traffic of worry is being heard into stillness. Attend unto me and hear me becomes a practical alignment: fix your attention on the feeling of being heard, and let the emotional 'mourning' settle into the calm of recognition. The 'noise' you make is the clamor of old self-concepts; you quiet it by feigning right-now acknowledgment from the I AM. When you assume you are heard, you discover that the experience you seek is already yours—presence, attention, and relief—here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and in your imagination say to your inner I AM, 'I am heard now.' Rest in the feeling of being attended and let relief rise for five minutes.