Passage
For the Lord is great and much to be praised, and hee is to bee feared aboue all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:25 (GNV)
Nearby Context
1 Chronicles 16:23 Sing vnto the Lord all the earth: declare his saluation from day to day.
1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his glory among the nations, and his wonderful workes among all people.
1 Chronicles 16:25 For the Lord is great and much to be praised, and hee is to bee feared aboue all gods.
1 Chronicles 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idoles, but the Lord made the heauens.
1 Chronicles 16:27 Prayse and glory are before him: power and beautie are in his place.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "lord", "great", "much", "praised", "feared", "aboue", and "gods". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "great", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Declare his glory among the nations and..." into verse 26's "For all the gods of the people...", so "lord" and "great" 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 "lord" and "great" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.