Neville Goddard on Psalms 83:1-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 83 in context

Scripture Focus

1Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Psalms 83:1-18

Biblical Context

Psalm 83:1-18 pleads with God not to remain silent as enemies plot against Israel; it asks for divine judgment so the name of Israel is remembered and God’s supremacy is shown.

Neville's Inner Vision

The psalm is not a cry for external help but a call to awaken to the I AM within. 'Keep not silence' becomes the moment you refuse to ignore the subtle fears and limiting beliefs that rise within. The 'enemies' are inner states—doubt, resentment, and pride—that pretend to threaten your wholeness. When the psalm speaks of confederates and plots, see them as the old identifications you have consented to in the past. To dissolve them is to allow the inner wind of awareness to move through you, turning like a wheel and burning away what cannot stand in the light of your true name. The demand that God be exalted over all the earth is your acknowledgment that the I AM, your true self, governs every aspect of life. You are the temple, and the crisis is the room where you choose to wake up. The contrast is not a battle outside you but a conversion of your consciousness to its divine ruler.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close the eyes, and in the imagination declare: I AM the I AM; all opposing thoughts dissolve in the light of my divine government. Feel the certainty that the I AM now protects, orders, and realigns my life.