Passage
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God.
1 Chronicles 16:36 (DRB)
Nearby Context
1 Chronicles 16:34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles 16:35 And say ye: Save us, O God our savior: and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give glory to thy holy name, and may rejoice in singing thy praises.
1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God.
1 Chronicles 16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses.
1 Chronicles 16:38 And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "blessed", "lord", "israel", "eternity", "people", "amen", and "hymn". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And say ye Save us O God..." into verse 37's "So he left there before the ark...", so "blessed" and "lord" 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 "blessed" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.