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Psalms 144 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: What Is Man?

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 Cares for 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.

KindergartenMy Rock

ROCK → picture 2SHIELD → picture 4SONG → picture 1HAPPY → picture 3

Grade 1A New Song

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock. → picture 2My fortress, my high tower. → picture 4Man is like a breath. → picture 5I will sing a new song to you, God. → picture 1Our barns are full. → picture 3

Order:

1. Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?2. I will sing a new song to you3. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh

Grade 2God Cares for Us

  1. Whose name is in the title of Psalm 144? David (circle)
  2. What does David call God? His rock and his strong tower
  3. What are people like? A breath (circle)
  4. What does David sing to God? A new song (circle)
  5. Who are happy? The people whose God is Yahweh
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Grade 3Happy Are the People

  1. What does David call Yahweh first? My rock
  2. What question does David ask? What is man, that you care for him?
  3. What are a man's days like? A shadow that passes away
  4. What will David sing? A new song
  5. Who are happy? The people whose God is Yahweh
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Grade 4The God Who Cares for Small People

  1. Where does David's strength come from? From God
  2. Why is David amazed? The great God cares for people as brief as a breath.
  3. What will David sing? A new song
  4. Name two blessings of peace David pictures. Full barns and sons like well-nurtured plants

Word bank: 1. rock; 2. fortress; 3. God; 4. breath; 5. shadow

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

Grade 5Blessed Are the People Whose God Is Yahweh

  1. Which earlier psalms does Psalm 144 echo? Psalm 18 and Psalm 8
  2. Why does the brevity of life make God's care amazing? God cares for people whose days are like a passing shadow.
  3. What signs of God's favor does the closing vision show? Peace and plenty: growing children, full barns, and quiet streets
  4. Where does the New Testament quote the question what is man? Hebrews 2:6, quoting Psalm 8

Word bank: 1. rock; 2. fortress; 3. breath; 4. shadow; 5. God

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

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