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Psalms 52 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Like a Green Olive Tree

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.

PreschoolA Green Olive Tree

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

KindergartenA Green Tree

TREE → picture 2HOUSE → picture 4TRUST → picture 1MAN → picture 3

Grade 1Trust in God

A proud man loved lies. → picture 2David is like a green olive tree. → picture 4The tree is in God's house. → picture 5David trusts God's loving kindness. → picture 1David will give God thanks forever. → picture 3

Order:

1. Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?2. This is the man who didn’t make God his strength3. I am like a green olive tree in God’s house4. I will give you thanks forever

Grade 2Like a Green Tree

  1. What did the proud man trust in? His riches (circle)
  2. Did the proud man make God his strength? No (circle)
  3. What kind of tree is David like? A green olive tree (circle)
  4. Where is the tree? In God's house (circle)
  5. What does David trust in? God's loving kindness (circle)
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Grade 3A Tree in God's House

  1. Who told Saul about David, as the title says? Doeg the Edomite
  2. What is the boaster's tongue like? A sharp razor
  3. What did the proud man trust in? The abundance of his riches
  4. What is David like? A green olive tree in God's house
  5. What does David hope in? God's name
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Grade 4Lies or Loving Kindness

  1. What is the boaster's tongue compared to? A sharp razor working deceitfully
  2. What truth does David set against the boaster? God's loving kindness endures continually.
  3. What mistake did the boaster make? He trusted in his riches instead of making God his strength.
  4. Why is a green olive tree a good picture? An olive tree can live for many years and keep bearing fruit.

Word bank: 1. tongue; 2. God; 3. olive

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

Grade 5Rooted in God's House

  1. What does the boaster love, according to the psalm? Evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth, and devouring words
  2. What reversal happens to the boaster? He tried to uproot others, but God will root him out.
  3. What phrase marks David's turn? But as for me
  4. What contrast does the olive tree picture make? A man uprooted by pride versus a man rooted in God's loving kindness
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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