1 Kings 8:55 (DBY)

Passage

and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For thou hast separated them from among all peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spokest through Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens,

1 Kings 8:55 and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be Jehovah, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promises which he spoke through Moses his servant!

1 Kings 8:57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stood", "blessed", "whole", "congregation", "israel", "loud", "voice", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stood" and "blessed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "And it was so that when Solomon..." into verse 56's "Blessed be Jehovah who has given rest...", so "stood" and "blessed" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stood" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.