Neville Goddard on Psalms 80:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 80 in context

Scripture Focus

8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Psalms 80:8

Biblical Context

God has brought a vine out of Egypt, cast out the heathen, and planted it. It depicts deliverance from bondage into a secure, cultivated life under divine care.

Neville's Inner Vision

I read Psalm 80:8 and hear the I AM speaking through the psalmist, claiming your consciousness as a vine drawn from the Egypt of limitation. Egypt stands for fear, scarcity, and doubt; the vine is life, vitality, and covenant relation with God within. The act of bringing it out and planting it is a movement of your interior rearrangement: the I AM awakens you to a new soil of awareness where former thoughts are cast out, and you no longer inhabit the withering field of lack but a garden under divine care. Providence and guidance become your felt reality as you acknowledge that the owner and planter of this garden is your own awareness. The planting is acceptance—an interior setting of conditions where you live as the redeemed, supported, and protected. Salvation is the daily demonstration of harmony within your life. If you dwell in this inner scene, outer appearances align. Redemption arises from recognized possibility, not from past history, and you are the vine occupying your own kingdom.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the state, 'I am the vine planted by the I AM.' Feel the soil of divine guidance and let the sense of redemption bloom for several minutes.