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Psalms 56 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: When I Am Afraid

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.

PreschoolI Will Trust God

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

KindergartenTrust God

TRUST → picture 2TEARS → picture 4BOOK → picture 1ME → picture 3

Grade 1God Is for Me

When I am afraid, I trust God. → picture 2I praise his word. → picture 4God keeps my tears. → picture 5They are in God's book. → picture 1I walk in the light of the living. → picture 3

Order:

1. I will put my trust in you2. What can flesh do to me3. You put my tears into your container4. For you have delivered my soul from death

Grade 2When I Am Afraid

  1. How did David feel? Afraid (circle)
  2. What did David do when he was afraid? He trusted God. (circle)
  3. What does God keep? Our tears (circle)
  4. What does David know? God is for him. (circle)
  5. Will David be afraid? No (circle)
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Grade 3God Keeps My Tears

  1. Where was David seized? In Gath
  2. What will David do when he is afraid? Put his trust in God
  3. What does God put in his container? David's tears
  4. What does David know about God? That God is for him
  5. Where will David walk? Before God in the light of the living
1: I will put my trust in you2: What can flesh do to me3: You put my tears into your container4: For you have delivered my soul from death
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Grade 4I Will Not Be Afraid

  1. What do David's enemies do? Twist his words and watch his steps
  2. How does David answer his fear? With trust in God and praise of his word
  3. Why does David repeat his line of trust? He is choosing trust again and again.
  4. What does God do with David's tears? Puts them into his container and keeps them in his book

Word bank: 1. trust; 2. afraid; 3. word; 4. God; 5. tears

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

Grade 5In God I Trust

  1. Why is the tune title a fitting picture? David was like a silent dove in distant lands, far from home.
  2. What is the refrain of the psalm? In God I praise his word, in God I put my trust, I will not be afraid.
  3. How does David describe the link between fear and trust? When he is afraid, he chooses to trust; trust is what he does with fear.
  4. What does verse 8 show about God? He counts David's wanderings and keeps his tears in his container and book.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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