Neville Goddard on Psalms 58:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 58 in context

Scripture Focus

6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Psalms 58:6-8

Biblical Context

The psalmist asks God to defeat his enemies and break their power, praying that their schemes and influence be rendered ineffective.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the language as inner speech. The 'enemies' are not others but the stubborn images in your own mind - fear, doubt, and useless judgments. 'Break their teeth' becomes the shattering of the biting words of limitation at the level of awareness; 'Let them melt away' signals the dissolving of old defensive patterns when you consciously dwell in the I AM, the living presence that you are. The bow and arrows are the habits of attack the ego uses to protect its falsity; when you refuse to invest in that imagery and instead answer from the perception of your true state, the arrows render themselves harmless. 'As a snail which melteth' and 'untimely birth' indicate the birth of new conditions in your life: let old pictures fade so you may see the sun of your real self. Your duty is to assume the feeling of your fulfilled state now, and to trust that consciousness fashions the world. The psalm is a map: inner victory precedes outer deliverance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and repeat, I AM, then imagine the old fear-images dissolving and see your life reshaped to reflect the state you claim as already real.