Neville Goddard on Psalms 99:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 99 in context

Scripture Focus

7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Psalms 99:7-8

Biblical Context

God speaks through the cloudy pillar and they keep his testimonies and the ordinance he gave. He answers and forgives, even as the consequences of their inventions unfold.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner world, that cloudy pillar is your awareness, your I AM that speaks to you in the night of your mind. The testimonies and the ordinance are the inner laws you deliberately align with, the conclusions your imagination accepts as true. When you keep them, you live in a cadence of order; your attention flows along the path of inner guidance. God answers from within when your state of consciousness is that of listening, trust, and release. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is the reset of your inner position, a willingness to see past fault and to close the gap between what you imagine and what you accept as present fact. The vengeance described is not punishment from outside; it is the natural harvest of imagined conducts returning to you as experience. Thus, the verse invites you to hold fast to the testimonies while gently revising inventions that no longer serve you. By this inner alignment you discover that God was, is, and ever remains your own I AM, a forgiving governor who permits consequences to teach while restoring your peace inside.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and picture the cloudy pillar within guiding you. Assume the state of inner testimony and forgiveness now, and feel the present reality as already true.