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Psalms 68 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Father of the Fatherless

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.

PreschoolGod Cares for Families

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

KindergartenGod Is a Father

FAMILY → picture 2HOUSE → picture 4CLOUDS → picture 1LOVE → picture 3

Grade 1God Carries Us

He rides on the clouds. → picture 2He sets the lonely in families. → picture 4He sent a plentiful rain. → picture 5He daily bears our burdens. → picture 1Sing to God, kingdoms of the earth! → picture 3

Order:

1. Extol him who rides on the clouds2. A father of the fatherless3. But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land4. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens

Grade 2God Is a Father

  1. What did David say to do? Sing to God (circle)
  2. Who is God a father to? Children who have no father
  3. Where does God put lonely people? In families (circle)
  4. What does God send on the land? Rain (circle)
  5. What does God carry every day? Our heavy things (circle)
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Grade 3God Sets the Lonely in Families

  1. What does God ride on? The clouds
  2. Who is God a father of? The fatherless
  3. Who does God set in families? The lonely
  4. What does the Lord bear daily? Our burdens
  5. What does God give his people? Strength and power
1: Extol him who rides on the clouds2: A father of the fatherless3: But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land4: Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens
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Grade 4God on the March

  1. What do the first words of the psalm echo? What Moses said when the ark set out in the wilderness
  2. What does God do for the lonely? Sets them in families
  3. Where does the march end? At God's sanctuary on Mount Zion
  4. How does the New Testament use verse 18? Paul applies it to Jesus ascending and giving gifts (Ephesians 4:8).

Word bank: 1. God; 2. father; 3. lonely; 4. sing

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

Grade 5God Who Bears Our Burdens

  1. Where do the opening words come from? Moses' words when the ark set out (Numbers 10:35)
  2. What contrast does the psalm draw about God? The mighty God of Sinai also notices the lonely and the poor.
  3. How does the New Testament apply verse 18? Paul applies it to Jesus, who ascended and gave gifts to his people (Ephesians 4:8).
  4. What is the gentle center of the psalm? The Lord daily bears our burdens (68:19).
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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