Neville Goddard on Psalms 82:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 82 in context

Scripture Focus

3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Psalms 82:3-5

Biblical Context

The psalm calls us to defend the vulnerable and to deliver the needy, while noting that ignorance and darkness cloud perception and destabilize the world.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm the cry is not from a distant judge but from an inner state. Defending the poor and delivering the needy are not external errands alone; they are movements within your consciousness. When you feel the poor and afflicted as real within you, you awaken justice as your habitual mood. The ones who know not and walk in darkness are the parts of your own mind that have forgotten their divine origin. The question 'foundations of the earth out of course' speaks of your life seeming unsteady whenever belief is misaligned with truth. The remedy is to assume the I AM as the ruling consciousness—the defender, the lawgiver, the merciful governor of your world. As you hold this assumption, the sense of lack dissolves and you become steady in right action. See the 'wicked' not as others but as misthoughts and fears leaving the mind. Remember: imagination creates reality. By imagining justice and mercy already established in you, you rewrite your inner climate and your outer conditions begin to follow.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM as the ruling defender now; feel it real by repeating 'I am defending the poor in my mind' and visualizing justice already established in my life.