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Psalms 115 · Grade 5

Becoming Like What We Worship

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Psalm 115 has no title and names no author. It opens by refusing glory: Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory. The reason is God's loving kindness and truth. When the nations taunt, Where is their God, now? the singer answers that God is not missing; he is in the heavens and does whatever he pleases.

The psalm then mocks the idols with a careful list. They have mouths, eyes, ears, noses, hands, feet, and throats, yet every part is useless. Idols look alive but are lifeless, the work of men's hands. Verse 8 draws the lesson: Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. People are shaped by what they worship. Those who trust lifeless things grow spiritually deaf and blind.

By contrast, the living God helps. Three times the psalm says, He is their help and their shield. Yahweh remembers us. He will bless both small and great. The heavens are Yahweh's heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men. Because God is alive, his people respond with lasting praise: we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more.

Show What You Know

  1. Why does the singer refuse glory for his people?

  2. What makes idols useless, according to the list?

  3. How are people shaped by what they worship?

  4. What does the psalm repeat three times about God?

Crossword

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Across

  1. He is their ____ and their shield.
  2. But to your ____ give glory.

Down

  1. He is their help and their ____.
  2. But to your name give ____.
  3. But our God is in the ____.

Think About It

  1. Verse 8 says people become like what they trust. What does that mean for how you spend your time and attention?

  2. God remembers both small and great. How does it feel to know that God remembers you?

Memory Verse

“Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.”

Psalms 115:8 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my help and shield. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you treat people of every rank with honor?
  • What might people today trust instead of God?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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