Neville Goddard on Psalms 71:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 71 in context

Scripture Focus

1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Psalms 71:1-6

Biblical Context

The psalm declares trust in the LORD as refuge and deliverer, asking for safety and salvation. It also names God as rock and fortress, a source of praise from youth onward.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the verse shows not a distance but a shift in consciousness. In Neville's language, trust is a state of awareness in which God, or I AM, becomes the inner fortress you continually resort to. The request to be delivered, to be saved, is not asking a deity to act somewhere out there; it is the humble admission that your present thoughts have wandered from the solid ground of being, and you reclaim that ground by recognizing who you truly are. The "rock and fortress" is the unshakable sense of I am, the inner equilibrium that cannot be moved by the appearances of the wicked or cruel man, for those are projections of a mind disoriented by fear. From youth is the discipline of faith—the inner habit of returning to awareness. By imagining that you are already saved, you align your senses with the truth that you are held up from the womb; you are the very praise you utter. The psalm becomes a practical, daily revision: dwell in the calm certainty of your inner stronghold, and every outward movement is seen as a moved image within a mind that knows its own sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already delivered; feel the inner fortress as a steady heartbeat. Speak softly to yourself: 'I am held up by the rock of my being,' and let that assurance saturate every thought.