Neville Goddard on Psalms 84:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 84 in context

Scripture Focus

1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalms 84:1-10

Biblical Context

The psalm speaks of longing for God’s presence, and of the blessing that comes to those who dwell in His house. It celebrates strength, praise, and ascent through inner trials.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let this psalm be read as the record of your inner state rising to meet the living I AM. The amiable tabernacles are the places in consciousness where you permit awareness to dwell—the quiet rooms of assumed reality. When your soul longs for the courts of the LORD, it is not longing for an external temple but for a shift in your inner arrangement, a ready-made dwelling for the living God within you. Your heart and your flesh crying out reflects the unity of feeling and belief perfectly aligned with that I AM—an unmistakable sign that you are choosing the presence over absence. The sparrow finding a nest, the swallow a house, are your inner formations adopting sanctified habitation; habits, decisions, and emotions set at the altars of your supreme I AM. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they are still praising thee—so in your daily speech and feeling you choose to stay in the awareness of God. Through valleys you move, yet each step is a building of wells and strength; one day in the inner courts is stronger than a thousand elsewhere.

Practice This Now

Act: Close your eyes, and mentally declare, 'I am dwelling in the courts of my God now.' Then feel the atmosphere of worship and strength fill you, knowing you have already arrived in Zion within.