Passage
And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:11 (DRB)
Nearby Context
1 Kings 8:9 Now in the ark there was nothing else but the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord,
1 Kings 8:11 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
1 Kings 8:13 Building, I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "priests", "stand", "minister", "cloud", "glory", "lord", "filled", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "priests" and "stand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And it came to pass when the..." into verse 12's "Then Solomon said The Lord said that...", so "priests" and "stand" 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 "priests" and "stand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.