Here again in verse 6 is the word פָּנָה transliterated pâneh, meaning: face, presence, in sight of, before
AELW 11:260
"Presence of God here as well as in Ps. 100:2 is understood passively rather than actively, that is, in the sense that God is seen. Hence Israel has his name because he saw the Lord face to face.1 So also in the preceding psalm (Ps. 95:2): “Let us come before His presence,” which comes about through our active vision. And in this vision is the true place and seat of the church. So Ps. 68:3 reads: “Let the righteous exult before God”; and Ps. 5:8: “O Lord, direct my way in Thy sight.” Here, therefore, all saints are in one place, in one view, however much they may be distant in place and separated in the sight of men. For they are here not with the feet of the body but of the soul, that is, with the eyes of the soul through the sight of faith."
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