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Psalms 122 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Let's Go to God's House

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.

PreschoolGlad to Go

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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's House

GLAD → picture 4HOUSE → picture 3GATES → picture 2PEACE → picture 1

Grade 1Let's Go

Let's go to Yahweh's house! → picture 3Our feet are standing within your gates. → picture 5Jerusalem is built as a city. → picture 2Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. → picture 4Peace be within you. → picture 1

Order:

1. Our feet are standing within your gates2. For there are set thrones for judgment3. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Grade 2Happy to Go to God's House

  1. Whose name is in the title of Psalm 122? David (circle)
  2. When was David glad? When people said, let's go to Yahweh's house
  3. Where are they standing? In the gates of Jerusalem
  4. Why do the tribes come there? To thank God (circle)
  5. What does David ask people to pray for? Peace in Jerusalem (circle)
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Grade 3Pray for Peace

  1. What made David glad? When people said, Let's go to Yahweh's house
  2. Where are their feet standing? Within the gates of Jerusalem
  3. What do the tribes do there? Give thanks to Yahweh's name
  4. Whose thrones are in Jerusalem? The thrones of David's house
  5. Why will David seek Jerusalem's good? For the sake of the house of Yahweh
1: Our feet are standing within your gates2: For there are set thrones for judgment3: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
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Grade 4Glad to Worship Together

  1. Who invited the singer to go to God's house? Others among God's people
  2. Why do the tribes go up to Jerusalem? To give thanks to Yahweh's name
  3. What else is in Jerusalem besides worship? The thrones of justice of David's house
  4. For whose sake does David pray for peace? His brothers and companions, and the house of Yahweh

Word bank: 1. feet; 2. Jerusalem; 3. peace; 4. house

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

Grade 5The Joy of Gathered Worship

  1. How does the community appear in verse 1? Others invite the singer to go to Yahweh's house.
  2. What does a compact city picture? The unity of the tribes
  3. What wordplay appears in the prayer for peace? Shalom, the word for peace, sounds like Jerusalem.
  4. How does Ephesians 2:14-19 connect to this psalm? In the New Testament, Jesus brings peace that unites people in God's household.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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