Psalms 114 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Sea Saw and Fled

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.

PreschoolMountains Skipped

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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 Here

SEA → picture 4RIVER → picture 3HILLS → picture 2ROCK → picture 1

Grade 1When Israel Went Out

Israel went out of Egypt. → picture 3The sea saw it, and fled. → picture 5The little hills skipped like lambs. → picture 2Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord. → picture 4He turned the rock into a pool of water. → picture 1

Order:

1. Judah became his sanctuary2. The Jordan was driven back3. The mountains skipped like rams4. Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord

Grade 2When God's People Left Egypt

What is Psalm 114 about? When Israel left Egypt (circle)
What did the sea do? It saw them and ran away.
What river turned back? The Jordan (circle)
What did the little hills skip like? Lambs (circle)
What did God turn into a pool of water? A rock (circle)

Grade 3Nature Obeys God

What event does Psalm 114 remember? Israel going out of Egypt
What became God's sanctuary? Judah
What did the mountains skip like? Rams
Why should the earth tremble? At the presence of the Lord
What did God turn into a pool of water? The rock

1: Judah became his sanctuary2: The Jordan was driven back3: The mountains skipped like rams4: Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord

Grade 4When Creation Trembles

What did Judah and Israel become when Israel left Egypt? God's sanctuary and his dominion
Which waters moved in the psalm? The sea and the Jordan
Why did creation move, according to verse 7? Because of the presence of the Lord
How does God show care at the end? He turned the rock into water.

Word bank: 1. Israel; 2. God; 3. sea; 4. Jordan; 5. mountains

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

Grade 5The Presence of the God of Jacob

What was the purpose of the exodus, according to verse 2? That God would dwell among his people and rule them
What is personification? Giving human actions to things in nature
Why does the poet ask the sea and mountains questions? To slow us down to feel the wonder of God's presence
In the New Testament, how does Paul connect the rock to Christ? He says the rock in the wilderness pointed to Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4).

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