Neville Goddard on Psalms 59:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 59 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Psalms 59:6-8

Biblical Context

The verses describe enemies prowling in the evening, loud and threatening. It then declares that the LORD will laugh and hold the nations in derision.

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines invite a Neville-like reading: the outward scene is a theater of consciousness. The 'evening' marks the closing of an old perception; the barking 'dogs' and the 'swords on lips' are the ceaseless thoughts of fear, pride, and defense that presume power. The 'they' are inner dispositions, not people, and the 'heathen' represents anything pretending to govern my life. When the psalmist says you shall laugh at them, that is the turning point: the I AM rises to the realization that these images have no real authority over me. The laughter is awakening to the truth that these voices are mere dreams of a mind forgotten its oneness. By resting in the I AM, I revise the scene—assume peace, feel the reality of divine presence, and let fear dissolve. The so-called enemies lose their edge as the inner drama is seen for what it is, and the nations are derided by the single, unshakable awareness that God is within. In this way, the verse becomes practical psychology: a method to disarm threat by aligning with awareness rather than with the spectacle of conflict.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state I AM, the laughter that dissolves fear. Revise the scene by turning the crowd of threats into wind and letting the city rest in peaceful awareness.