Neville Goddard on Psalms 64:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 64 in context

Scripture Focus

4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

Psalms 64:4-6

Biblical Context

Hidden enemies scheme in secret against the righteous, probing inward thoughts and the heart. In Neville's view, these foes are inner states of consciousness, not external people.

Neville's Inner Vision

That 'they' and their 'secret' plots are not other people, but the covert movements of your own mind—thoughts that pretend to strike from an unseen source. The line about the 'perfect' being shot at in secret is a cue: the perfect is your I AM, the aware you that remains untouched by the windings of fear. When you claim that you, and only you, are witnessing all thoughts, you reverse the chase; you become the knower rather than the hunted. The Psalm's description of 'searching out iniquities' and 'the inward thought of every one of them' becomes a map of inner accountability, not judgment from without. In Neville's practice, you do not battle these ideas; you revise them by affirming: I AM the I AM, and this awareness now declares there is no secret force that can prevail against me. The apparent threats dissolve as your attention rests on the inner eye that sees all as self-illumined. You stand in victory, luminous and unshaken, because consciousness itself is your shield and your home.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rest in the I AM. See the covert plots dissolving into light as you repeat silently, I AM the I AM, unassailable in this moment, feeling the assurance rise as reality.