Neville Goddard on Psalms 79:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 79 in context

Scripture Focus

1O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Psalms 79:1-3

Biblical Context

The psalm laments enemies overrunning Jerusalem, desecrating the temple, and killing the servants; it portrays collective suffering and the sense of abandonment.

Neville's Inner Vision

That which you call the heathen are the thoughts foreign to your true I AM, pressing into your inner inheritance. The holy temple is your awareness, the altar of your own being; when you interpret life as ruled by others, you lay Jerusalem upon heaps in your mind. The dead bodies of thy servants and the blood shed are not happening to you; they are the energies you have forgotten to tend, the charge of fear and grievance dispersing your vitality. The psalm does not describe a historical siege; it reveals a state of consciousness in which you have momentarily forgotten who you are. Exile is the temporary conversion of your vitality into fear, into memories of loss. Yet the voice invites you to reverse the cause: awaken to the I AM that never leaves the temple of your heart. See yourself as the sovereign builder of Jerusalem, cleansing the inner streets with forgiveness and compassionate imagination. The enemies become the restless thoughts you dismiss by insisting on your divine order, and the burial ground becomes your quiet mind where truth quietly rises.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the temple; my I AM remains unscathed.' Then imagine Jerusalem rising within, rebuilt with light, and all desecrations washed away by forgiving imagination.