Psalms 140 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Keep Me, Lord

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.

PreschoolYou Are My God

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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 Protects

KEEP → picture 2SHIELD → picture 4PRAY → picture 1SAFE → picture 3

Grade 1Keep Me Safe

Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. → picture 2The proud have hidden a snare for me. → picture 4You are my God. → picture 5You have covered my head in the day of battle. → picture 1Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted. → picture 3

Order:

1. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent2. Listen to the cry of my petitions3. You have covered my head in the day of battle4. Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name

Grade 2God Keeps Me

Whose name is in the title of Psalm 140? David (circle)
What did some people set for David? Traps (circle)
What did David pray? Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked.
What did David say to God? You are my God. (circle)
Whom does God help? People who are poor and in need

Grade 3The Strength of My Salvation

What does David ask Yahweh to deliver him from? Evil men
What did his enemies set for him? Traps
What did David say to Yahweh? You are my God.
What did God cover in battle? David's head
What will Yahweh maintain for the needy? Justice

1: They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent2: Listen to the cry of my petitions3: You have covered my head in the day of battle4: Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name

Grade 4Prayer Against Hidden Traps

How does David describe his enemies' tongues? Sharpened like a serpent
What were his enemies planning? To trip his feet with snares and traps
What picture shows God's protection in battle? God covering his head in the day of battle
What is David sure God will do? Maintain the cause of the afflicted and justice for the needy

Word bank: 1. God; 2. strength; 3. thanks

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

Grade 5Justice for the Afflicted

How does Paul use this psalm? He quotes verse 3 in Romans 3:13 to show how sin reaches speech.
What relationship does David hold onto? I said to Yahweh, You are my God.
What do verses 9 to 11 ask? That the trouble enemies planned would fall on themselves
How do Christians read those verses? As trusting God, not themselves, to judge

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