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Psalms 120 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: I Am for Peace

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.

PreschoolI Called and God Answered

personheartsuntent

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

KindergartenPeace

CRIED → picture 2PEACE → picture 4DOVE → picture 1TRUTH → picture 3

Grade 1A Song of Peace

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. → picture 2He answered me. → picture 4Deliver my soul from lying lips. → picture 5I dwell among the tents of Kedar. → picture 1I am for peace. → picture 3

Order:

1. Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips2. I am for peace

Grade 2A Prayer for Peace

  1. What kind of song is Psalm 120 called? A Song of Ascents (circle)
  2. What were people telling about the singer? Lies (circle)
  3. What did God do when the singer cried? He answered him. (circle)
  4. What did his neighbors hate? Peace (circle)
  5. What did the singer want? Peace (circle)

Grade 3A Peacemaker Among Liars

  1. How many Songs of Ascents are there? Fifteen
  2. What did the singer do in his distress? He cried to Yahweh.
  3. What does he ask God to deliver him from? Lying lips and a deceitful tongue
  4. Among whose tents does he live? The tents of Kedar
  5. What happens when he speaks of peace? They are for war.
1: Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips2: I am for peace

Grade 4The Journey Begins

  1. Which psalms are titled A Song of Ascents? Psalms 120 to 134
  2. What picture warns the deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows with coals of juniper
  3. What were Meshech and Kedar? Faraway peoples
  4. What does the singer long for? Peace

Word bank: 1. distress; 2. answered; 3. peace

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

Grade 5Longing for Peace

  1. Why is it fitting that the first Song of Ascents starts far from Zion? The first song starts far from Zion, with a person who feels like a foreigner.
  2. What is the singer's main trouble? Deceit from lying lips
  3. What do the names Meshech and Kedar describe? Living among people who do not share his faith
  4. What does Jesus say about peacemakers? Blessed are the peacemakers (Matthew 5:9).

Word bank: 1. distress; 2. answered; 3. God; 4. peace

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

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