Neville Goddard on Psalms 9:13-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 9 in context

Scripture Focus

13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psalms 9:13-20

Biblical Context

Psalm 9:13-20 expresses a plea for mercy amid enemies, a vow to praise God’s salvation, and a declaration that fear and judgment come back to those who forget God; it frames deliverance as both divine act and inner awakening.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Psalms 9:13-20, the I AM in you stands as the judge of your world. What you call enemies are merely thoughts arising in consciousness; to plead for mercy is to acknowledge a state of separation from your source. Lift yourself from the gates of death by turning inward, for salvation is a shift of imagination, not an event outside. The gates of Zion are inner gates of awareness where praise is born; as you praise, you abandon the sense of loss and recognize safety, wholeness, and freedom. The pit of the heathen is the return of your fear to your own mind; the judgment you decree on others is the mirror you hold to yourself. Let the Lord be known by the fidelity of your inner law, the steady seeing of life through divine order. Arise in your mind; let fear be judged by truth, and let the nations of belief remember they are but you, and you are God.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and imagine you are the I AM lifting you through the gates of Zion. Repeat silently, I am delivered; I am held by divine order, and feel the release as though you have already arrived.