Neville Goddard on Psalms 90:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 90 in context

Scripture Focus

5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalms 90:5-6

Biblical Context

Psalm 90:5-6 describes life moving like a flood, with outward states arising as morning grass that flourishes briefly and withers by evening. It highlights the transience of appearances and invites inner awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm you are not observing time; you are witnessing the movements of your own consciousness. The flood that carries them away is the action of the I AM, the ever-present awareness that feels, imagines, and experiences. When the text speaks of grass that grows in the morning and withers by evening, it is describing the rising and fading of states within you—beliefs, emotions, or pictured circumstances. Do not resist the cycle, for it reveals the law by which you live. The key is to realize you are not the transient forms but the steady observer, the I AM that endures. By deliberately assuming the end—an established state of peace, abundance, or health—you reverse the movement: the seen world follows your inner state. The morning grass is your new possibility waking within you; the evening wither is the old state released. The eternal I AM remains untouched, carrying you through every flood of appearances. Practice habitual revision: feel yourself already in the renewal, and let the forms resolve into new life from within.

Practice This Now

In the next moment, close your eyes and affirm: I am the I AM, and I carry all possibilities. Then feel the renewal as if it is already true, letting the current forms melt into a living, new state.