Neville Goddard on Psalms 55:19-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 55 in context

Scripture Focus

19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Psalms 55:19-21

Biblical Context

God will hear and afflict those who stand by unchanging beliefs; their supposed peace hides inner conflict and a broken covenant. Smooth words mask hidden hostility.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's reading, the Psalm reveals a law of consciousness: the ‘enemy’ is a state of mind, not a person. God shall hear is your I AM listening to the inner movement of belief. When the mind refuses to change—‘they have no changes’—it fears not God only because it has stopped growing, and so it projects conflict outward as if to defend its fixed image. The betrayals described—hand against peace, covenant broken—are the inside-ness of a mind that has broken its covenant with its own highest truth. The smooth words and oily assurances are the surface appearance of a deeper aggression, a passion for power over the self, a war hidden in softness. The answer is to shift your state of consciousness: assume you are the unchanging, all-protecting I AM; feel the reality of being at covenant with divine order. In this assumed state, the other’s hostility dissolves, because hostility is but a mis-taught thought in need of revision.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are the I AM within, at peace with all; revise the image of any apparent foe as a thought to be corrected, and feel the peace as real now.