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Psalms 102 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Stays the Same

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Hears Me

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Is the Same

PRAY → picture 4BIRD → picture 3SAD → picture 2GOD → picture 1

Grade 1You Remain Forever

He asks God to hear his prayer. → picture 3He feels like a sparrow alone on a roof. → picture 5His days feel like dry grass. → picture 2God will have mercy on Zion. → picture 4God is the same forever. → picture 1

Order:

1. Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress2. Your renown endures to all generations3. He has responded to the prayer of the destitute4. Your years will have no end

Grade 2A Sad Prayer

  1. What does the singer ask Yahweh to do? Hear his prayer (circle)
  2. What bird does he feel like? A sparrow alone on a housetop
  3. What are his days like? Grass that dries up (circle)
  4. How long will Yahweh remain? Forever (circle)
  5. What will wear out? The earth and the heavens
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Grade 3A Prayer When You Feel Weak

  1. Who is this prayer for, according to the title? The afflicted, when he is overwhelmed
  2. What three birds does the singer compare himself to? A pelican, an owl, and a sparrow
  3. What does he ask God not to hide? His face
  4. Whose prayer does God hear? The prayer of the destitute
  5. What will wear out like clothes? The heavens
1: Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress2: Your renown endures to all generations3: He has responded to the prayer of the destitute4: Your years will have no end
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Grade 4From Weakness to Hope

  1. What does the title say about the person praying? He is afflicted and overwhelmed.
  2. What is his heart compared to? Grass that is blighted
  3. Where does the prayer turn toward hope? At verse 12
  4. What does God look down from heaven to hear? The groans of the prisoner

Word bank: 1. Prayer; 2. hear; 3. forever; 4. Zion; 5. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The God Who Does Not Change

  1. Why might the title name no author? So that anyone who is hurting can pray it
  2. What three lonely birds does the singer name? A pelican, an owl, and a sparrow
  3. What does verse 12 say about Yahweh? He will remain forever.
  4. Where does the New Testament use these words, and about whom? Hebrews 1:10-12, about the Son of God
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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