Neville Goddard on Psalms 85:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 85 in context

Scripture Focus

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 85:3-4

Biblical Context

The psalm states that God has removed wrath and asks for turning toward salvation, seeking the cessation of anger in our inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the line 'thou hast taken away all thy wrath' is not a history lesson but a map of your own consciousness. Wrath in this psalm is fear, stern judgment, the inward storm you carry about life. When you hear 'the God of our salvation' as the I AM within, the fierceness of anger can cease because you have turned your attention from condemnation to the presence that saves you now. God is not a distant judge; God is the awareness that perceives. Your turning is a conversion of seeing: pivot from resistance to receptivity, from blame to forgiveness, from separation to unity with the one you truly are. As you rest in that inner witness, your outer conditions reflect harmony. Salvation becomes a state you practice, not a future event. By realizing you are loved, you release the belief in punishment and rest in the immediacy of grace—and by using your imagination to dwell in that state, you will experience the change as real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: For a few minutes, close your eyes, declare 'I AM forgiven; I turn now to the salvation within me,' and feel the inner storm dissolve as you rest in the witness of your awareness.