Neville Goddard on Psalms 56:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 56 in context

Scripture Focus

2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Psalms 56:2-7

Biblical Context

Plain sense: Enemies surround the speaker and threaten harm. The speaker resolves to trust in God, praising His word and refusing fear.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the psalm, the outer enemies are but inner states—fear, doubt, and the habit of listening to hostile thoughts. The cry What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee marks a decisive shift from outer danger to inward alignment with the I AM. When the lines speak of wrestling words and watching steps, notice how your thoughts and inner footsteps are the arena of your consciousness; you are not battling flesh but revising the reality by returning to the inner God. In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me becomes a daily recommitment to consciousness: align with the I AM, and the outer drama dissolves. The question Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people reveals the power of divine order when you consent to the inner ruling of God within. Practice: dwell in the presence of the I AM, and let fear be revised as trust.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In fear moments, close your eyes and assume the feeling of the I AM within. Declare that you are the I AM and feel trust replacing fear.