1 Chronicles 29:10 (DRB)

Passage

And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:8 And all they that had stones, gave them to the treasures of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the Gersonite.

1 Chronicles 29:9 And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with a great joy.

1 Chronicles 29:10 And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes.

1 Chronicles 29:12 Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "lord", "before", "multitude", "said", and "thou". 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 9's "And the people rejoiced when they promised..." into verse 11's "Thine O Lord is magnificence and power...", 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.