Neville Goddard on Psalms 85:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 85 in context

Scripture Focus

1Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

2Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Psalms 85:1-13

Biblical Context

Psalm 85:1-13 is a song of restoration: God returns favor, forgives iniquity, and turns away wrath. It prays for revival, mercy, peace, and righteousness to dwell in the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Interpreting these verses through Neville Goddard’s psychology, the 'land' is your inner field of awareness and the captive Jacob your fixed identifications. Forgiveness and the covering of sin become the loosening of a stubborn self-narrative, while wrath dissolved signals the softening of inner resistance. When the psalm asks, 'Turn us, O God of our salvation,' you hear a call to revision: you announce the end of the old state and assume a new one that is already present. 'Mercy' and 'truth' meeting together describe the alignment of your opposing inclinations—compassion and accuracy—so that 'righteousness and peace have kissed' within your consciousness. As 'truth shall spring out of the earth' and 'glory dwell in our land,' recognize that your inner truth emerges as outward experience when you dwell in awareness of the I AM. The salvation near to those who fear him is the note that your awareness, not external outcomes, leads the change. Rest in the conviction that you are already restored and let the inner voice of peace guide your steps.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and declare, 'I am restored; I dwell in peace,' until the feeling of relief settles. Then revise one memory of anger by declaring, 'That state is forgiven,' and step forward in the new state.