Neville Goddard on Psalms 65:8-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 65 in context

Scripture Focus

8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.

11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

Psalms 65:8-13

Biblical Context

The psalm speaks of God's care as a divine, abundant visitation—morning and evening rejoicing, rain watering the earth, and fields and hills clothed with plenty. It is a festive picture of creation responding to providence with praise.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that these 'tokens' are not phenomena to fear but thoughts in your own mind. The dawn and dusk 'outgoings' are the opening movements of your attentive I AM, calling forth order from noise. God here is your awareness, the river of God is the stream of Life that courses through your inner soil. When you accept that your inner soil is indeed watered and enriched by this divine fountain, your outer circumstances begin to look like a cultivated field: furrows settled, showers falling, springing corn, fat pasturage. The verse's 'crown of the year' becomes a metaphor for a continuous inner season of good. The hills and valleys that rejoice reflect states of mind you carry: gratitude, reverence, and joyous trust. Thus true worship is not ritual but alignment—prayer as awe-filled acceptance of your own I AM as the source of all abundance. Your task is to awaken to this as a present reality, not future hope, and let the inner rainfall reform your perceptions.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the feeling that you are watered by the river of God. Revise any lack as fullness by declaring inwardly, 'I am nourished and sustained by divine abundance.'