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Psalms 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: How Long, Yahweh?

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 Is Good to Me

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

KindergartenI Trust God

SAD → picture 3PRAY → picture 1TRUST → picture 4LIGHT → picture 2

Grade 1From Sad to Glad

David felt sad every day. → picture 4He asked, How long, Yahweh? → picture 3He asked God for light. → picture 1He trusted God's loving kindness. → picture 5He sang because God was good. → picture 2

Order:

1. How long will you hide your face from me2. Give light to my eyes3. But I trust in your loving kindness4. I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me

Grade 2How Long?

  1. What did David ask God? How long, Yahweh?
  2. How did David feel every day? Sad, with sorrow in his heart
  3. What did David trust in? God's loving kindness
  4. Why would David sing? Because God had been good to him
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Grade 3But I Trust

  1. What question does David keep asking? How long?
  2. What does David ask God to give his eyes? Light
  3. What word turns the psalm around? But
  4. What does David trust in? God's loving kindness
  5. Why will David sing? Because Yahweh has been good to him
1: How long will you hide your face from me2: Give light to my eyes3: But I trust in your loving kindness4: I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me
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Grade 4An Honest Prayer

  1. How many times does David ask How long? Four times
  2. What does the psalm move from and to? From deep sorrow to joy
  3. What does David ask God to give him? Light to his eyes
  4. Are David's problems solved when he chooses to trust? No, but he chooses to trust God anyway.

Word bank: 1. forever; 2. heart; 3. answer; 4. sing

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

Grade 5From Complaint to Song

  1. What pattern does Psalm 13 show? Complaint, request, and trust
  2. What does David fear his enemy will say? I have prevailed against him.
  3. What is David's song based on? God's loving kindness and what God has already done
  4. What does the psalm teach about questions and faith? Honest questions and real faith can live side by side.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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