Psalms 18 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Yahweh Is My Rock

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 My Rock

rocktowerlampmountain

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

KindergartenGod Is Strong

ROCK → picture 4FORTRESS → picture 3LAMP → picture 2WINGS → picture 1

Grade 1My Rock and My Shield

I love you, Yahweh. → picture 3Yahweh is my rock. → picture 5David called, and God heard. → picture 2God lights my lamp. → picture 4God makes my feet like deer's feet. → picture 1

Order:

1. Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer2. He heard my voice out of his temple3. My God will light up my darkness4. As for God, his way is perfect

Grade 2I Love You, Yahweh

Who did David sing about being saved from? All his enemies and Saul
What did David say first? I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
What three things does David call Yahweh? His rock, fortress, and deliverer
What did God take David out of? Many waters (circle)
What does God light? David's lamp (circle)

Grade 3My Rock and My Fortress

When did David speak this song? When Yahweh delivered him from all his enemies and from Saul
Name three pictures David uses for God. Rock, fortress, shield, or high tower
Where did God hear David's voice from? His temple
What is God's way like? Perfect
What does God make David's feet like? Deer's feet

1: Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer2: He heard my voice out of his temple3: My God will light up my darkness4: As for God, his way is perfect

Grade 4A Song of Deliverance

Where else does a similar song appear? In 2 Samuel 22
Name four pictures David uses for God. Rock, fortress, deliverer, shield, horn of salvation, or high tower
Why did God deliver David, according to verse 19? Because he delighted in him
What does David say about God's way and word? His way is perfect, and Yahweh's word is tried.

Word bank: 1. strength; 2. rock; 3. God; 4. lamp

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

Grade 5The God Who Rescues

What historical setting does the title give? The day Yahweh delivered David from all his enemies and from Saul
What does the dramatic language of earthquake and storm picture? The power of God's response
To whom is God a shield, according to verse 30? All those who take refuge in him
Which New Testament book quotes verse 49? Romans (Romans 15:9)

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