Psalms 71:12-13 — Inner Help

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the cry is not to an external deity apart from you, but to the I AM that you are. 'Be not far from me' is the inward vow that awareness itself cannot be separated from the moment; 'make haste for my help' is the sudden recognition that assistance is the present condition of consciousness. The adversaries of my soul are not persons but mistaken beliefs—fear, doubt, and the sense of separation—that rise as shadows in the mind. To confound and consume them is to dissolve those shadows by seeing them as imaginings transforming under the light of the presence you already are. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt translates to letting go the idea that harm can reach the I AM; such appearances fade when you realize that the one who hurts is merely a picture in consciousness. When you dwell in the inner chamber of the I AM, the verse redefines itself: you are not begging for help, you are aligning with the undeniable fact that God is near, and your imagined foes vanish in light.