Neville Goddard on Psalms 80:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 80 in context

Scripture Focus

4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Psalms 80:4-6

Biblical Context

The psalm laments that God remains angry toward the people's prayers. It describes tears as their bread and a social insult as their enemies laugh.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm I hear the inner drama of mind. The 'LORD God of hosts' is the I AM who governs my inner life. When the prayer seems to meet an angry response, it is not God withholding good, but my old state resisting a new reality I am imagining. The 'bread of tears' is the texture of the old vibration I have been feeding myself, a habit of sorrow that keeps me from waking to the truth that I am one with God. The line 'makest us a strife unto our neighbours' reveals how belief in separation breeds conflict and projection; the outer voice of neighbors laughing is only the reflection of inner doubt. The remedy is simple: revise the state by assuming the truth of the wish fulfilled, here and now. Enter the awareness that I am the I AM, that God within me is my only ruler, and let that awareness dissolve the memory of trouble. As I persist in this inner assumption, the outer scene shifts, not by force but by the alignment of consciousness with its own divine nature.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, breathe, and declare, 'I am the I AM; this moment holds the answer to my prayer.' Then revise the 'tears' as the bread of life by feeling the presence of harmony now, letting the inner state settle into peace.