Neville Goddard on Psalms 74:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 74 in context

Scripture Focus

1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psalms 74:1-2

Biblical Context

Psalm 74:1-2 voices a cry of abandonment and a plea for remembrance. Neville reads this as an inner dialogue where feeling cast off points to a deeper need to awaken to the I AM present within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's framework, Psalm 74:1-2 is not about external ruin but a dramatization of the self in distress, a dream of abandonment that invites the reader to return to the I AM. The 'sheep of thy pasture' become the mind's waking and dreaming selves, and the plea 'Remember thy congregation' is the inner memory of your true nature as God’s purchased, redeemed identity. The 'rod of thine inheritance' stands for the unchanging order of your consciousness, the fixed rod by which you rule your inner kingdom. When anger smokes against you, it signals you have forgotten that God and you are one, that the dwelling place of the Most High is your present awareness. The cure is to slip into the inner Zion now, where God already resides. Repeat and feel: I am the I AM; I dwell in Zion within. In this revision, the sensation of abandonment dissolves, and you witness the covenant fulfilled in you—your imagination becomes the temple where remembrance, redemption, and the restoration of consciousness occur.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet and declare, 'I am the I AM, and Zion dwells within me.' Visualize a soft inner presence addressing you as salvation and dwell in that feeling for a minute, letting remembrance and redemption become your reality.