Neville Goddard on Psalms 85:1-4 - 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.

Psalms 85:1-4

Biblical Context

The psalm speaks of God returning the land from captivity, forgiving sin, and turning away wrath, then asking for turn toward salvation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your mind is the land, and the captivity was a belief you accepted as real. The 'favour' of God is simply the inner alignment with the I AM, the awareness that never left you. When the psalm says 'thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob,' it means you have returned to your natural state of wholeness. 'Iniquity forgiven' and 'sin covered' are the stories you drop as you realize you are the very presence that can forgive and remember; Selah invites you to pause and listen to the living vibrancy within. 'Thou hast taken away all thy wrath' speaks to the moment you release the imagined resistance within your own consciousness; 'turn us, O God of our salvation' becomes the command to revise your state of being. The outer exile is healed as you stay with the feeling that you are already restored, that mercy and reconciliation are your natural posture. So persist in the assumption that your inner land has been brought back, and watch as the appearances conform to your inner decree, revealing salvation here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling that you are already restored. Repeat, 'I am the I AM, restored and forgiven,' and let the sense of inner peace displace old bitterness, until your outer events begin to reflect this inner alignment.