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Psalms 129 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: They Have Not Won

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 Cut the Ropes

heartpersonsunplants

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

KindergartenSet Free

ROPE → picture 3FREE → picture 1GOOD → picture 4GRASS → picture 2

Grade 1God Is Righteous

Many times they have afflicted me. → picture 4They have not prevailed against me. → picture 3He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. → picture 1Let them be as the grass on the housetops. → picture 5We bless you in Yahweh's name. → picture 2

Order:

1. The plowers plowed on my back2. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked

Grade 2God Keeps Us Going

  1. What kind of song is Psalm 129? A Song of Ascents (circle)
  2. Since when had people hurt Israel? Since they were young (circle)
  3. Did the enemies win? No (circle)
  4. What did God cut? The ropes (circle)
  5. Why did the people keep going? Because God helped them (circle)

Grade 3Not Defeated

  1. Since when have enemies afflicted Israel? From their youth
  2. Did the enemies prevail? No
  3. What is Yahweh? Righteous
  4. What did he cut apart? The cords of the wicked
  5. What happens to grass on a rooftop? It dries up before it can grow.
1: The plowers plowed on my back2: He has cut apart the cords of the wicked

Grade 4Bent but Not Broken

  1. What history does Israel remember? Many afflictions since its youth, beginning in Egypt
  2. What does the plowing picture show? How painful the suffering was
  3. What do the cut cords picture? God freeing his people like cutting ropes that tie an ox to the plow
  4. Why is rooftop grass a picture of failure? It withers before it grows and is never harvested.

Word bank: 1. youth; 2. righteous; 3. cords

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

Grade 5Endurance Through God's Righteousness

  1. How is Psalm 129 like Psalm 124? Both call all Israel to speak: Let Israel now say.
  2. What has Yahweh cut apart? The cords of the wicked
  3. Why does rooftop grass wither? It grows in a thin layer of soil.
  4. How do Christians read prayers for justice like this one? As handing justice to God rather than taking revenge (Romans 12:19)

Word bank: 1. youth; 2. image; 3. righteous; 4. cords; 5. blessing

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

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