Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 11:7

"For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face." — Psalms 11:7 (ASV)

For the righteous Lord loves righteousness — This would be more correctly rendered, For Jehovah is righteous; he loves righteousness. The idea is that God Himself is righteous, and consequently, he loves those who are righteous. He may, therefore, be confided in by the righteous as their friend, and being under his protection, they have nothing to fear.

His countenance beholds the upright — The word rendered “countenance” is, in Hebrew, in the plural number; literally, “his faces.” It is not easy to account for this use of the plural, though it is common in the Scriptures. There may be an allusion to the fact that man seems to have two faces—one on the right side, and one on the left, two eyes, two cheeks, two nostrils, etc., as if made up of two persons. Applied to God, it has no other meaning than it has when applied to man; nor should we seek to find anything mystical in the fact that the plural form is used.

The term here, like the eyelids in (Psalms 11:6), is equivalent to eyes, since the most remarkable feature of the countenance is the eyes; and the idea is that God looks upon the upright—that is, he sees their dangers amid their needs; he looks upon them with favor and affection. Being thus constantly under his eye and objects of his favorable regard, they have nothing to fear; in other words, they are safe.

This, then, is the argument of the righteous man, in reply to the suggestion (Psalms 11:1) that he should flee from danger. The argument is that God would be his defender, and that he might safely rely on His protection. The wicked have everything to fear; the righteous, nothing. The one is never safe; the other, always. The one will be delivered out of all his troubles; the end of the other can be only ruin.