Neville Goddard on Psalms 78:67-72 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 78 in context

Scripture Focus

67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

69And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Psalms 78:67-72

Biblical Context

God chooses Judah and Zion, establishes a sanctuary, and lifts David from the sheepfold to shepherd Israel. The inner reading sees this as the soul's choice of a royal consciousness, fed by integrity and guided by practiced craft.

Neville's Inner Vision

I witness not a distant land but the moment my I AM turns to a chosen disposition. God refuses the tabernacle of Joseph to reveal the inner preference: Zion is chosen, and a sanctuary arises within me as a palace established forever in mind. I see David drawn from the sheepfolds, now feeding Jacob and Israel—my inner people—by the integrity of my heart and by the skilfulness of my hands. When I dwell in Zion, perception and action align; I am fed by the inner law of truth, not by circumstance. The 'sheepfolds' become the training ground of my faculties, and leadership arises as a function of consciousness, not of fate. The practical meaning is this: assume that I am the chosen one, that the sanctuary and the king are established now inside me, and feel the guidance and provisioning flowing from that inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume: I am the chosen Zion within; feel the sanctuary built by awareness and David feeding my inner people with integrity and skilled hands. Rest in that feeling until it becomes my normal sense of being.