Psalms 56 · Preschool

I Will Trust God

Name Date

Color the child and the big heart. When we are afraid, we can trust God.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

Psalms 56:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Everyone feels afraid sometimes. When you are scared, you can say, I trust you, God. Let's say it together.

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Psalms 56 · Kindergarten

Trust God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

TRUST

AFRAID

GOD

TEARS

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Psalms 56:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

TRUST

TEARS

BOOK

ME

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a bottle to hold tears.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What can you do when you are afraid?
Who sees when you cry?

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Psalms 56 · Grade 1

God Is for Me

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

AFRAID

TRUST

TEARS

LIGHT

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Psalms 56:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

When I am afraid, I trust God.

I praise his word.

God keeps my tears.

They are in God's book.

I walk in the light of the living.

When I Am Afraid

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

What can flesh do to me

You put my tears into your container

I will put my trust in you

For you have delivered my soul from death

Draw a bottle to hold tears.

Memory Verse

“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

Psalms 56:3 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Who caught David?
What makes you cry, and how can God help?
What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Psalms 56 · Grade 2

When I Am Afraid

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Read the Story

Some men caught David. David was afraid. But he prayed. He said, When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

David said God sees when we cry. God keeps our tears. David said, I know this: that God is for me. I will not be afraid.

Memory Verse

“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

Psalms 56:3 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

How did David feel?
AfraidGod is for himOur tears
What did David do when he was afraid?
God is for himAfraidHe trusted God
What does God keep?
AfraidOur tearsHe trusted God
What does David know?
Our tearsAfraidGod is for him
Will David be afraid?
Our tearsAfraidNo

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

AFRAID
LIVING
TRUST
TEARS
LIGHT
WORD
BOOK

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

The singer praised God's word. What Bible words help you feel brave?
People twisted David's words. How can you be careful with what others say?

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Psalms 56 · Grade 3

God Keeps My Tears

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Read the Story

The title says the Philistines seized David in Gath. He was far from home and in danger. He prayed, Be merciful to me, God. Then he said, When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

David said, In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? He knew God saw everything. God counts his wanderings. God puts his tears into his container.

David said, I know this: that God is for me. God had kept his feet from falling. Now he could walk before God in the light of the living.

Memory Verse

“You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?”

Psalms 56:8 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

Where was David seized?
What will David do when he is afraid?
What does God put in his container?
What does David know about God?
Where will David walk?

When I Am Afraid

Write what happened in each box.

1

2

3

4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

AFRAID
LIVING
TRUST
TEARS
LIGHT
WORD
BOOK

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

God keeps track of every wandering step. How do you feel knowing God sees every step you take?
What does God write in his book?

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Psalms 56 · Grade 4

I Will Not Be Afraid

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Read and Think

The title of Psalm 56 calls it a poem by David. The title says it was written when the Philistines seized him in Gath. David's enemies want to swallow him up all day long. They twist his words and watch his steps.

David answers fear with trust. When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? He repeats this line later, which shows he is choosing trust again and again.

David also tells how closely God cares. You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren't they in your book? God has not missed one tear. David ends with thanks: God has delivered his soul from death so he may walk in the light of the living.

Show What You Know

What do David's enemies do?
How does David answer his fear?
Why does David repeat his line of trust?
What does God do with David's tears?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

wordtearstrustGodafraid

David answers fear with .
When I am , I will put my trust in you.
In God, I praise his .
In , I put my trust.
You put my into your container.

Think About It

What is one thing that makes you afraid? How can you trust God in it?
How does it feel to know God keeps track of your tears?

Memory Verse

“In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?”

Psalms 56:4 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can trusting God shrink the power of threats against you?
How can you rely on God even while your stomach is in knots?

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Psalms 56 · Grade 5

In God I Trust

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Read and Think

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

Why is the tune title a fitting picture?
What is the refrain of the psalm?
How does David describe the link between fear and trust?
What does verse 8 show about God?

Crossword

Across

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

Down

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

Think About It

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

Copy It

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?

Psalms 56: When I Am Afraid

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Worksheets

I Will Trust God

Prayer

Take It Home

Trust God

Trace the Words

Match the Pictures

Mini Maze

Draw It

Prayer

Take It Home

God Is for Me

Trace the Words

Match the Pictures

When I Am Afraid

Prayer

Take It Home

When I Am Afraid

Read the Story

Show What You Know

Word Search

Prayer

Take It Home

God Keeps My Tears

Read the Story

Answer the Questions

When I Am Afraid

Word Search

Prayer

Take It Home

I Will Not Be Afraid

Read and Think

Show What You Know

Word Bank Fill-In

Think About It

Copy It

Prayer

Take It Home

In God I Trust

Read and Think

Show What You Know

Crossword

Think About It

Copy It

Prayer

Take It Home

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