Passage
And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.
1 Chronicles 29:20 (DRB)
Nearby Context
1 Chronicles 29:18 O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee.
1 Chronicles 29:19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.
1 Chronicles 29:20 And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.
1 Chronicles 29:21 And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:22 And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be prince, and Sadoc to be high priest.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "david", "commanded", "assembly", "bless", "lord", and "blessed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "david" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And give to Solomon my son a..." into verse 21's "And they sacrificed victims to the Lord...", so "david" and "commanded" 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 "david" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.