Neville Goddard on Psalms 89:40-44 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 89 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Psalms 89:40-44

Biblical Context

The verses describe God breaking down the king's defenses, ruining his strongholds, and turning his enemies against him, leading to the loss of glory and throne. It portrays a dramatic reversal in outward power, signaling accountability.

Neville's Inner Vision

The text is not about a distant monarch but about your own inner state. The hedge and strongholds are habits of thought you have mistaken for reality. When the I AM withdraws its identification with such defenses, you witness ruin: the outer image quivers, neighbors become critics, enemies seem to rejoice. Yet this is not punishment but instruction: the ego’s fortress falls to reveal the throne of your true self, the Kingdom of God within. The turning of the sword’s edge and the failure to stand in battle are your inner judgments collapsing under the weight of a higher sight. By refusing to accept limitation as fact and returning to the realization 'I AM,' you reverse the dream. Allow the new ruling assumption to take hold: the power, glory, and throne are presently yours, not by conquest, but by recognition of your I AM as the unchanging reality. Do not seek external proof; feel the revision by vivid inner sensation until it becomes your waking state.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner king has not fallen; imagine the fortress broken and the throne restored; feel the I AM seated in power. Then carry this sensation into your daily awareness as your new truth.