Neville Goddard on Psalms 66:13-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 66 in context

Scripture Focus

13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Psalms 66:13-20

Biblical Context

Psalm 66:13-20 describes entering God's house with vows spoken in trouble and recounting what God has done for the soul. It also warns that harboring iniquity blocks hearing, while mercy attends to prayer.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the verses as a movement of inner conviction. The 'house' is the inner temple of consciousness; God is the I AM within. The burnt offerings and sacrifices symbolize the act of releasing old states and choosing a new one. When the lips vow and the mouth speaks in trouble, you are making a decisive assumption about your life. By declaring what God has done for your soul, you align your inner atmosphere with the reality you intend to inhabit. 'If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me' becomes: if I entertain guilt or contradiction in mind, the inner ear cannot perceive the answer. True hearing occurs when mercy attends your prayer, when you bless the I AM within who never turns away your request. The result is gratitude, trust, and the sense that your prayer has already woven itself into your being; the mercy you seek is your own awareness answering from within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the state 'I am within the inner temple; my vow is fulfilled; I am heard.' Then rest in the feeling of being answered as if it is already true.