Neville Goddard on Psalms 59:1-5 - 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.

Psalms 59:1-5

Biblical Context

The psalm pleads for deliverance from enemies who rise up against the psalmist. It asks for awakening to help and defense, recognizing that the threat arises from inner patterns of fear as well as outward circumstance.

Neville's Inner Vision

This psalm is not asking for help from a distant power, but for a shift in consciousness. The 'enemies' are the restless thoughts and the sense of threat produced by the mind's belief in separation. When I say, Deliver me, I am declaring that the I AM, my true awareness, is awake and ready to act. The God of hosts is the steady organizing principle of my own inner being; to awaken is to align with that principle, to see the defense I seek is already present as the undisturbed state of I AM. The line 'awake to visit all the heathen' becomes an invitation to allow my broader self to permeate every corner of my mind where fear and lack have gathered. As I hold the vision of rescue, I am not begging for mercy but presencing the victorious consistency of divine life. The external enemy dissolves when the inner state is identified and revised. So, the deliverance described is the recognition that I am always defended by consciousness that cannot be harmed, and that a shift in assuming the scene to 'I am saved now' turns the tide in the present moment.