Neville Goddard on Psalms 55:1-8 - 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;

3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Psalms 55:1-8

Biblical Context

Psalm 55:1-8 presents a cry for God’s attentive presence amid fear and a longing to escape the turmoil; it invites turning inward for steadiness and trust in the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the cry on the page is really the awakening of your own I AM in distress. The speaker's plea for ear and attention is your interior state when awareness promises to attend to the demand of consciousness. The voice of the enemy and the oppression of the wicked are not external foes but restless thoughts rising to overwhelm you. When fear, trembling, and horror press in, you are tempted to identify with the storm; yet this pressure is the invitation to wake into the conscious presence that never leaves you. The dove-wings image points to an inner ascent: not escapism, but a spiritual flight that carries you above the windy storm to quiet, steady ground. In the Neville method, you revise by assuming the truth you desire as already real: you are heard by the I AM, and you and God are one in being. As you persist in that assumption, the imagined tempest loses its grip and a serene awareness replaces fear. The prayer becomes not pleading but alignment, a turning of attention to the I AM that answers from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place your hand on your chest, and say I am heard by the I AM now. Then visualize wings unfolding from your back and rising above the storm, landing you in a calm interior place where you are freely at rest.