Inner Mercy Psalm Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm, the speaker asks God to turn toward us, to calm the imagined thunder of wrath. But in the Neville Goddard sense, 'God' is not distant judgment; God is the I AM inside you—awareness itself. 'Turn us' is a turning of your own attention, a shift of the inner state from guilt or fear to the presence of salvation within. 'The God of our salvation' is the state of consciousness that already saves, heals, and reconciles. When you imagine anger as a presence that must cease, you are inviting a revision of your inner climate. The question 'Wilt thou be angry with us forever?' becomes a question you ask of your own belief that you are condemned. You discover that anger is not a force acting on you from outside, but a mental pattern you have accepted as true. By assuming the opposite—the mercy that has no end, the forgiveness that is already granted—you dissolve the sense of siege and return to a restful unity with your true self. The end of anger is simply the moment you stop agreeing with it and begin agreeing with your divine nature.