Neville Goddard on Psalms 70:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 70 in context

Scripture Focus

1Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

Psalms 70:1-3

Biblical Context

Psalm 70:1-3 pleads for immediate deliverance and for those who seek the psalmist’s harm to be confounded. It frames the desire for protection as a movement of faith and trust in divine aid.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 70:1-3 is not a petition to be saved by God in time, but a living instruction to your I AM. The cry 'Make haste' is the speed of your inner conviction when you assume the end you desire. The deliverance you seek is already present as a state of consciousness you inhabit, not a future event to be fetched. The 'foes' who seek your soul are projections of your own unsettled thoughts; to turn them backward and confound them is to refuse to energize those thoughts any longer. When you persist in the image of being helped and protected—when you imagine the turnaround as completed—you are practicing the law of consciousness: you become what you dwell upon. The words 'Aha' and 'confounded' are not threats, but signals that your inner recognition has shifted the old pattern, making room for a new arrangement of life. Therefore, dwell as the one who is delivered now, and watch the outer scene align with that inner realization.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes and repeat: I AM delivered now; my assailants' plans turn back to their own shame; I am held in safety. Sit with that present-tense realization for a few minutes.