Neville Goddard on Psalms 88:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 88 in context

Scripture Focus

4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Psalms 88:4-6

Biblical Context

Psalm 88:4-6 portrays a speaker who feels pushed toward the pit of death, weak and cut off, as if God has forgotten them. In plain terms, it expresses a sense of abandonment within a deep darkness.

Neville's Inner Vision

The psalmist's 'pit' and 'grave' are inner states, not outer fate. You have not become a corpse; you have adopted a belief that you are separated from the divine hand. In Neville's view, God is the I AM within you, and the remedy is revivifying consciousness: assume you are the I AM here and now, even in deepest shadow. Rest in the feeling that the life you seek is the life that already is you, the present awareness behind every thought. As you dwell there, abandonment dissolves and the distance between you and God collapses into a single, luminous presence. Use the imagery of light rising from darkness to reframe any image by your inner declaration. The verse becomes a doorway: choose to live as the consciousness that remembers, regardless of appearances.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, close your eyes and repeat, 'I am the I AM within me, alive and present,' until the sense of abandonment softens. Visualize light rising from the depths and saturating every corner of your mind with awareness.