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Psalms 44 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Wake Up! Rise Up to Help Us

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 Helped Long Ago

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

KindergartenRemember God

FAMILY → picture 2SCROLL → picture 4HAND → picture 1SHEEP → picture 3

Grade 1God Is Our King

Our fathers told us about God. → picture 2God's hand helped them. → picture 4God, you are my King. → picture 5We have not forgotten you. → picture 1Rise up to help us. → picture 3

Order:

1. our fathers have told us what work you did in their days2. For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword3. You are my King4. Redeem us for your loving kindness

Grade 2Rise Up to Help Us

  1. Who told the people what God did? Their fathers (circle)
  2. How did they get the land? God's hand helped them. (circle)
  3. What did they call God? My King (circle)
  4. Did they forget God? No (circle)
  5. What did they pray? Rise up to help us.
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Grade 3Our Fathers Have Told Us

  1. How did the people hear about God's work? Their fathers told them.
  2. What saved their fathers? God's right hand, his arm, and the light of his face
  3. What did they boast in all day long? God
  4. What had they not forgotten? God
  5. What did they ask the Lord to do? Wake up and rise up to help them
1: our fathers have told us what work you did in their days2: For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword3: You are my King4: Redeem us for your loving kindness
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Grade 4When God Seems Asleep

  1. What did the fathers tell the people? What work God did in their days
  2. What did the people say they would not trust? Their bow or their sword
  3. What happened to the people later? They lost battles, were scattered, and became a joke to neighbors.
  4. What had the people not been false to? God's covenant

Word bank: 1. fathers; 2. hand; 3. God; 4. help

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

Grade 5Faithful in the Dark

  1. What is a community lament? A prayer by God's whole people when they feel abandoned
  2. What makes this psalm unusual? The people do not say they suffered for disobeying; they had stayed faithful.
  3. In the New Testament, what does Paul say after quoting verse 22? Nothing can separate believers from the love of God in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:36-39).
  4. On what basis do the people ask God to redeem them? For his loving kindness' sake
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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