His countenance. — Better, the upright shall behold His countenance. This beautiful religious hope finds its highest expression in the beatitude on the pure in heart. The beatific vision in Dante is its most glorious poetical development. By the vision of God the Hebrew poet means triumph of right and the acknowledgment of his innocence — light and peace after darkness and trouble, as in Job 33:26. (Comp. Psalms 17:15; Psalms 41:12.)
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Psalms 11:7
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.