Neville Goddard on Psalms 66:8-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 66 in context

Scripture Focus

8O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

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.

Psalms 66:8-15

Biblical Context

Psalm 66:8-15 invites praise to God who sustains life and refines through trials. Despite afflictions, the psalmist trusts that a wealthy place awaits and vows are spoken from a heart transformed by trouble.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville readers, the 'people' are states of consciousness and the 'land' called a wealthy place is a level of awareness. God holds our soul in life—this is the I AM sustaining attention, the inner compass that keeps our feet from sliding. The tests—being drawn into a net, affliction on the loins, being ridden over—are inner movements of thought needing refinement; as silver is tried in fire, ideas of lack pass through the furnace of consciousness. When pressure presses, you have a chance to revise: assume you are already standing in your wealthy place, feel the sensation of safety, and watch fear dissolve. The journey through fire and water becomes a rite of purification, when worship is no longer an act but the natural state of awareness. Returning to the temple of the I AM, you acknowledge and fulfill the vows whispered in trouble; your offerings become gratitude, and the inner state becomes the outward provision.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling 'I am held in life; my feet are unshakable.' Then close your eyes and imagine walking into a bright inner temple, offering gratitude and declaring your vows as already fulfilled.