Neville Goddard on Psalms 81:1-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 81 in context

Scripture Focus

1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Psalms 81:1-16

Biblical Context

Psalm 81 exhorts joyful worship, remembrance of God’s deliverance, and exclusive loyalty to the Lord. It warns that turning to false gods constrains, while listening to the divine voice brings blessing and freedom.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner drama of Psalm 81, the outward instruments and feasts are but symbols for a single inner procession: you turning toward the I AM and letting that awareness lead. God as 'LORD thy God' is not a distant ruler but the very consciousness that brought you out of 'Egypt'—out of limitation and mistaken identity. The calls to blow the trumpet, to sing, to open the mouth wide, are chosen images for the spiritual act of letting your inner speech be charged with faith and gratitude, so that the supply of life pours in. When you heed the inner prompting—'Hear, O my people'—you align with the one Power; there are no strange gods within your kingdom, only the one God in whom you live and move. The line 'I will fill it' speaks to the moment you become utterly receptive, not by begging, but by assuming fullness. The lament that 'my people would not hearken' is a part of you that resists, yet the possibility remains: if you walk in the ways of your true self, your enemies (fear, doubt, lack) are subdued as you rest in the assurance that you are already loved and supplied.

Practice This Now

Take 1–2 breaths and imagine the I AM within you as the mouth that is opened wide to receive. Repeat, 'I am fully supplied,' and feel the inner current filling your being with steadiness and joy.