Passage
Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
1 Chronicles 16:22 (DRB)
Nearby Context
1 Chronicles 16:20 And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.
1 Chronicles 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.
1 Chronicles 16:22 Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
1 Chronicles 16:23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: shew forth from day to day his salvation.
1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "touch", "anointed", "evil", and "prophets". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "touch" and "anointed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 21's "He suffered no man to do them..." into verse 23's "Sing ye to the Lord all the...", so "touch" and "anointed" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "touch" and "anointed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.