Neville Goddard on Psalms 79:8-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 79 in context

Scripture Focus

8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalms 79:8-12

Biblical Context

The psalm pleads that God forget past sins, speeds mercy, and delivers, so God may be known among nations and the people may be protected. It frames suffering and reproach as cries to be heard and a call for inner deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

What the psalmist calls to God is a call to awaken to the tender mercies that reside in the I AM. The petition is not for an external king to act, but for a shift in consciousness where remembrance of former iniquities drops away and mercy is felt as present power. 'Help us, O God of our salvation' becomes: I am the salvation of my own awareness; deliverance is the movement of clarity within me, purging beliefs that no longer serve. When it asks, 'Wherefore should the heathen say...,' the question becomes: in my sight, let the sense of separation dissolve as I recognize the unity of life unfolding through my I AM presence. The sighing prisoner and those 'appointed to die' are inner states—doubt, fear, old habits—that I liberate by assuming the feeling of being preserved by power greater than lack. The reproach of others is but projection; I reinterpret it as the proof of my revealed God within, thus turning the world’s judgment into a demonstration of inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, with calm conviction, declare: I AM the mercy of God; I AM deliverance now. Imagine tender mercies speeding to you, dissolving old judgments, and feel the inner peace that follows as your consciousness is restored to its rightful divine ruling.