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Psalms 63 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Your Loving Kindness Is Better Than Life

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 Love You, God

personmoon and starsbirdheart

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

KindergartenI Seek God

DESERT → picture 4WATER → picture 3HANDS → picture 1NIGHT → picture 2

Grade 1Better Than Life

David was in a dry desert. → picture 5My soul thirsts for you. → picture 1Your love is better than life. → picture 4I will lift up my hands. → picture 2I rejoice under your wings. → picture 3

Order:

1. God, you are my God2. Because your loving kindness is better than life3. I will lift up my hands in your name4. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings

Grade 2Thirsty for God

  1. Where was David? In the desert (circle)
  2. What was missing in the desert? Water (circle)
  3. What did David want even more than water? God (circle)
  4. What is better than life? God's loving kindness (circle)
  5. When does David think about God? At night in bed (circle)
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Grade 3Seeking God in the Desert

  1. Where was David, as the title says? In the desert of Judah
  2. What does David's soul thirst for? God
  3. What is better than life? God's loving kindness
  4. When does David think about God? On his bed in the night watches
  5. What holds David up? God's right hand
1: God, you are my God2: Because your loving kindness is better than life3: I will lift up my hands in your name4: I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings
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Grade 4A Dry and Weary Land

  1. What picture does David use for his longing for God? Thirst in a dry and weary land
  2. What bold claim does David make? God's loving kindness is better than life.
  3. How will David's soul be satisfied? As with the richest food
  4. What two things show closeness at the end? David's soul stays close to God, and God's right hand holds him up.

Word bank: 1. dry; 2. seek; 3. thirsts; 4. life; 5. night

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

Grade 5Better Than Life

  1. What does the title tell us, and what does it leave out? It says David was in the desert of Judah, but not whether he was fleeing Saul or Absalom.
  2. Why can nothing take away David's reason to praise? God's loving kindness is better than life itself.
  3. How can David be satisfied in a place with no food? His soul is satisfied by God, as with the richest food.
  4. What is the two-way grip in verse 8? David's soul stays close to God, and God's right hand holds him up.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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