Neville Goddard on Psalms 89:38-52 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 89 in context

Scripture Focus

38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Psalms 89:38-52

Biblical Context

The psalmist laments that God has cast off the king and left the realm exposed. He pleads for remembered lovingkindness and the restoration of covenant and throne.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's interior reading, the 'king' is not a political figure but your own kingly consciousness—your awareness as the I AM. When you hear 'thou hast cast off', recognize a moment where a state of mind believes itself cut off from its source; 'the covenant of thy servant' becoming void signals a shift in belief from unity to separation. The broken hedges, ruined fortresses, and reproach symbolize inner doubts, fears, and limiting stories that undermine wholeness. To reinterpret is to revise the scene from abandonment to an unassailable recognition that you remain the anointed, the beloved presence awakening within you. The cries of 'How long, LORD?' are invitations to listen to the part that resists your power, inviting you to rest in the I AM. Restoration comes not by returning to a past condition but by a fresh feeling-state: imagine the throne steady, your adversaries disciplined by your resolve, and your days lengthened by the dawn of assured presence. Begin to assume the end: you already wear the crown within.

Practice This Now

Assume the end: feel your crowned I AM awake, unshaken and restored. Spend three minutes in quiet imagining the throne re-established, sensing covenant loyalty as your present experience.