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Psalms 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Is a Righteous Judge

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 Run to 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.

KindergartenGod Is Fair

HEART → picture 4PRAY → picture 3SING → picture 1JUDGE → picture 2

Grade 1A Righteous Judge

David ran to God for safety. → picture 5He asked God to save him. → picture 1God searches hearts. → picture 4God is a righteous judge. → picture 2David sang praise to God. → picture 3

Order:

1. Save me from all those who pursue me2. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness3. My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart4. I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness

Grade 2God Is Fair

  1. Where does David take refuge? In God (circle)
  2. What does God search? Minds and hearts (circle)
  3. What kind of judge is God? A righteous judge who is always fair
  4. What happens to the wicked man who digs a hole? He falls in it himself.
  5. What will David sing? Praise to Yahweh's name (circle)
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Grade 3A Righteous Judge

  1. Whose words is the psalm about, according to the title? Cush, the Benjamite
  2. How does David ask God to judge him? According to his integrity
  3. Who does God save? The upright in heart
  4. What happens to the man who digs a hole? He falls into the pit which he made.
  5. Who will David praise? Yahweh Most High
1: Save me from all those who pursue me2: Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness3: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart4: I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness
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Grade 4My Shield Is With God

  1. What does the title say about the psalm? It is a meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
  2. What does David ask God to judge him by? His righteousness and integrity
  3. What does the righteous God search? Minds and hearts
  4. What happens to the trouble the wicked man causes? It returns to his own head.

Word bank: 1. refuge; 2. save; 3. judge; 4. God; 5. shield

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

Grade 5The Pit and the Praise

  1. Why should readers not guess who Cush was? The title gives no further detail.
  2. What does David invite God to do? Examine him and judge him according to his righteousness and integrity
  3. What is the basis of David's hope? God's character as the righteous judge who searches minds and hearts
  4. What does the pit picture teach? Evil carries the seeds of its own defeat.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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