1 Kings 8:55 (DRB)

Passage

And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For thou hast separated them to thyself for an inheritance, from amongst all the people of the earth, as thou hast spoken by Moses, thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

1 Kings 8:54 And it came to pass, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he rose from before the altar of the Lord: for he had fixed both knees on the ground, and had spread his hands towards heaven.

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed so much as one word of all the good things that he promised by his servant Moses.

1 Kings 8:57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stood", "blessed", "assembly", "israel", "loud", "voice", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stood" and "blessed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "And it came to pass when Solomon..." into verse 56's "Blessed be the Lord who hath given...", so "stood" and "blessed" 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 "stood" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.