Neville Goddard on Psalms 7:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 7 in context

Scripture Focus

3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Psalms 7:3-5

Biblical Context

David asks God to reveal any wrong he has done and to hold him accountable if there is iniquity in his hands. He concedes that if he has harmed a peacemaker or wrongfully delivered an enemy, he is ready to face persecution and the dishonor that may follow.

Neville's Inner Vision

The psalm is an inner drama of consciousness. When the speaker says, 'if I have done this... if there be iniquity in my hands,' he names inner states that create outer conflict. The 'enemy' is not a person elsewhere but the belief in separation from your source. Any sense of having harmed another reflects a misalignment in your own feeling toward life; the persecution of your soul is the mind's way of waking you to the need for a shift in state. Selah invites a pause to observe your inner testimony. The cure is not punishment from without but a shift in perception: affirm innocence, align with the I AM, and let conditions reflect a corrected self-image. The imagery of loss and dishonor becomes a symbolic drama of the mind reclaiming its unity with God. By choosing the opposite state—innocence, mercy, rightful authority—you dissolve the illusion of attack and restore inner honor. Outer life then follows the inward correction.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as your immediate consciousness, declaring 'I am innocent; there is no iniquity in my hands.' Then feel this truth as a warm light surrounding you, revise the scene of attack into harmony, and observe how your inner posture shifts your world.