Passage
This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord Yahweh!
2 Samuel 7:19 (WEB)
Nearby Context
2 Samuel 7:17 Nathan spoke to David all these words, and according to all this vision.
2 Samuel 7:18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
2 Samuel 7:19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord Yahweh!
2 Samuel 7:20 What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.
2 Samuel 7:21 For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "small", "eyes", "lord", "yahweh", "spoken", "servant", "house", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "small" and "eyes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Then David the king went in and..." into verse 20's "What more can David say to you...", so "small" and "eyes" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "small" and "eyes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.