Neville Goddard on Psalms 88:9-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 88 in context

Scripture Focus

9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Psalms 88:9-13

Biblical Context

The psalmist laments affliction and calls on the Lord daily, stretching out his hands. He wonders whether the dead can praise or know mercy, awaiting the dawn of prayer.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm, the speaker’s inner state is mirrored by outward affliction, and his cries are an awakening to the I AM within. When he says he has called daily and stretched out his hands, he reveals a persistent posture of inner assumption—consciousness reaching toward awareness that already loves and sustains. The questions about the dead and the grave are not about physical death, but about the forgotten states of mind—the doubt that blocks praise, the forgetfulness that dulls faith. Neville would guide you to see these inquiries as your own resistance dissolving as you identify with the I AM, the presence that never sleeps. To cry in the morning is to insist that awareness be present in every moment; the morning is the moment of effecting change, not the time to hope for it. The “land of forgetfulness” becomes a mental habit you revise by dwelling in the truth of your own divine nature. When you acknowledge the I AM as your constant, mercy unfolds now as your lived experience, not as a distant promise.