Neville Goddard on Psalms 58:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 58 in context

Scripture Focus

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 58:7-8

Biblical Context

The verses describe enemies and harmful schemes dissolving, like waters that run away and snail-like vanish, until nothing remains to threaten the sun.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the spiritually awake reader, these lines invite you to treat the 'enemies' as inner states of consciousness—fear, doubt, or resistance. The image of water melting and arrows breaking apart becomes a symbolic practice: when you dwell in the I AM, you no longer give power to those pictures. The bow and arrows are your judgments; by assuming the end—that these threats dissolve—you alter the inner weather and, consequently, the outer scene. The snail’s melt signals a patient but persistent shift, not a battle. The 'untimely birth' of a woman points to an illusion that anything unsettling can truly birth in the awareness that is already complete. Deliverance is not sought from without, but invited from within as you reaffirm your invincible awareness. In this inner drama, you are the creator of the outcome, and the apparent foes dissolve into light as the I AM remains unchanged and supreme.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the I AM, declaring that all threats dissolve. Visualize arrows turning to water and flowing away, then rest in the certainty that the sun of your awareness shines unharmed.