What does Psalm 11:7 mean?

While God clearly must judge sin and evil, He is also loving. Those attributes are not opposed to each other, and they cannot be separated. Because the Lord is righteous, He cannot allow the wicked to go unpunished. Nor will He allow those who are evil and sinful to be with Him in eternity.

At Mount Sinai, when God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses, He commanded the people to stand off, as the message was one of judgment and wrath (Hebrews 12:18–21). When Christ came, the message given at Mount Calvary was "draw near" (Hebrews 12:22–24). All who trust in Jesus as Savior are reconciled to God (John 3:16), and they receive the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21). Having been made righteous, believers naturally desire to lead righteous lives, and the Lord loves their righteous deeds.

The wicked will be separated from the Lord throughout eternity (John 3:36), but those who honor God will be with Him forever. The apostle John affirmed this wonderful prospect. In 1 John 3:2 he writes, "Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is."