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Psalms 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Shield Around Me

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 Shield

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

KindergartenSafe With God

SLEEP → picture 4WAKE → picture 3LOVE → picture 1PRAY → picture 2

Grade 1God Keeps Me

Many people were against David. → picture 5God was like a shield around him. → picture 1David cried to God. → picture 4He lay down and slept. → picture 2He woke up, for God kept him. → picture 3

Order:

1. But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me2. And he answers me out of his holy hill3. I laid myself down and slept4. May your blessing be on your people

Grade 2God Is a Shield

  1. Who did David run from? His son Absalom (circle)
  2. What did some people say? God would not help him.
  3. What is Yahweh around David? A shield (circle)
  4. What did David do at night? He lay down and slept.
  5. Who does salvation belong to? Yahweh (circle)
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Grade 3I Laid Myself Down and Slept

  1. When did David write this psalm, according to the title? When he fled from Absalom his son
  2. What did many say about David? There was no help for him in God.
  3. What did David call Yahweh? A shield around him
  4. Why did David wake up again? Yahweh sustained him.
  5. Who does salvation belong to? Yahweh
1: But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me2: And he answers me out of his holy hill3: I laid myself down and slept4: May your blessing be on your people
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Grade 4Sleeping in Trouble

  1. What did many people say about David? There is no help for him in God.
  2. What three things is Yahweh to David? A shield around him, his glory, and the one who lifts up his head
  3. What surprising thing did David do in the middle of trouble? He laid himself down and slept.
  4. How does the psalm end? Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people.

Word bank: 1. David; 2. God; 3. shield; 4. holy; 5. slept

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

Grade 5The Lifter of My Head

  1. What does the title of Psalm 3 say? It is a Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
  2. What does a head lifted up picture? God lifting a person from shame or sorrow
  3. Why could David wake up again? Yahweh sustains him.
  4. Who does David pray for at the end? God's people
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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