• HEBREW WORD STUDY – ABIDE BEFORE GOD–ע ולמ לפני  Psalms 61:7:  “He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.” I find a very troubling word in our study verse.   The verse is not saying abiding in God or even with God.  It is saying to abide yashav

  •   Psalms 61:7:  “He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.”   Commentators are all over the place on this verse.  Some say it is a reference to the Messiah, hence they render the word abide or yashav in Hebrew as to be enthroned.  This is a