Neville Goddard on Psalms 61:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 61 in context

Scripture Focus

6Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

Psalms 61:6-7

Biblical Context

The verse speaks of a ruler whose life is extended and whose years stretch into generations, and who endures before God, kept by mercy and truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 61:6-7 invites us to read the king as a symbol of your inner state. The king's longevity is not temporal but the duration of a consciousness aligned with mercy and truth. When you acknowledge that you shall abide before God forever, you are choosing a mode of awareness that is preserved by compassionate vision (mercy) and steady fidelity (truth). Mercy softens judgment toward your own missteps and toward others; truth steadies your imagination so that every thought about your life reflects the I AM presence. The verse urges you to prepare mercy and truth as if they were substances you can live by, not abstract ideals. In practice, you revise any sense of lack by assuming I am eternally kept by mercy and truth; I am the consciousness that endures. As you dwell in that assumption, your inner king remains in the divine presence, and your outward life begins to mirror that certainty.