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Psalms 56 · Grade 5

In God I Trust

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The title of Psalm 56 says David wrote it when the Philistines seized him in Gath. It is set to the tune Silent Dove in Distant Lands, a fitting picture for a man far from home. All day long his enemies twist his words and lurk, watching his steps, eager to take his life.

The psalm is built around a refrain: In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? David does not say he never feels fear. He says, When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. Trust is not the absence of fear but what he does with it.

Verse 8 gives one of the tenderest pictures in the Psalms. God counts David's wanderings and puts his tears into his container, writing them in his book. David concludes, I know this: that God is for me. He thanks God for delivering his soul from death and keeping his feet from falling, so he may walk before God in the light of the living.

Show What You Know

  1. Why is the tune title a fitting picture?

  2. What is the refrain of the psalm?

  3. How does David describe the link between fear and trust?

  4. What does verse 8 show about God?

Crossword

31542

Across

  1. Aren’t they in your ____.
  2. I will not be ____.

Down

  1. I will praise his ____.
  2. You put my ____ into your container.
  3. I will put my ____ in you.

Think About It

  1. David knew that God is for him. How could that truth change how you face a hard day?

  2. Why might it help to repeat a verse of trust when you are afraid?

Memory Verse

“I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Psalms 56:11 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for keeping track of my tears. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does it comfort you that God sees when you are sad?
  • What helps you turn to God the moment you start to worry?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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