Neville Goddard on Psalms 59:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 59 in context

Scripture Focus

1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

6They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

8But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

15Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Psalms 59:1-17

Biblical Context

David pleads for protection from enemies and asks God to awake and defend. He declares that God is his defense, mercy, and refuge, and resolves to praise God for deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the psalmist’s cry reveals a state of mind beset by circumstance. In Neville’s frame, the enemies are not rival people but restless thoughts—doubt, fear, judgment—rioting in the theatre of consciousness. When he says 'awake to help me' and 'awake to visit all the heathen,' he is training the I AM to become vividly aware of every corner where contention hides. The 'God of hosts' and 'the God of Israel' become symbols for the inner power that holds the scene together—the steady awareness that there is a protecting order within. 'Selah' is a pause for inspection, a reminder that you are not the uproar but the awareness that can allow it to pass. The impulse to defeat others is reframed as the decision to end the internal war by assuming a new state: being defended, being guided, and knowing mercy as your natural condition. To wait on this power is to practice revision until the desired sight appears: the mind sees its enemies dissolved in the light of your own awareness, and your day is shaped by deliverance already present. I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and declare, 'I AM defending me now.' Feel the inner shield rise as mercy floods the scene, allowing troubling thoughts to dissolve in that light.