Neville Goddard on Psalms 79:1-7 - 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.

4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Psalms 79:1-7

Biblical Context

Psalm 79 portrays a people devastated by invasion, crying for judgment on their enemies and for a return to honor. It presents outward disaster as a reflection of inner disorder.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the psalm is not about distant history, but a drama within the mind. The 'heathen' who seized Jerusalem are the restless thoughts and unmastered impulses that have wandered into the inner inheritance—the I AM that you are awareness. The 'holy temple' defiled is your temple of consciousness when attention is scattered by fear, guilt, or blame; 'the dead bodies' and 'fowls of heaven' symbolize neglected aspects of self starving for recognition. When you cry, 'How long, Lord?' you are asking the inner king to awaken to the certainty that nothing outside can alter your true state. The remedy is not external vengeance but a recommitment to the awareness that God is within, and that your alignment with the I AM repaves the temple and Jerusalem in the psyche. Your imagination is the builder; your faith is the blueprints. Each moment of focused, loving assumption reforms the inner landscape until the outer appearance reflects that inward restoration.