Psalms 70 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: Hurry to Help Me
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.
PreschoolHelp Me, God
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenQuick Help
Grade 1Come Quickly
Order:
Grade 2Hurry, God!
- How fast did David need help? Fast (circle)
- What did David pray? Hurry, God! Come quickly to help me!
- Who should be glad? People who love God (circle)
- What should they say? God is great! (circle)
- Who is David's help? God (circle)
Grade 3You Are My Help
- What does the title call this psalm? A reminder
- What does David ask God to do quickly? Deliver him and help him
- Who should rejoice and be glad? All those who seek God
- What should they say? Let God be exalted!
- What does David call himself? Poor and needy
Grade 4A Prayer in a Hurry
- Which psalm is Psalm 70 nearly the same as? The end of Psalm 40
- How do the enemies mock David? They say, Aha! Aha!
- What does David want besides being rescued? For God's people to rejoice and for God to be exalted
- What does David bring to God at the end? Only his need: he is poor and needy.
Word bank: 1. God; 2. poor; 3. help
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5Yahweh, Don't Delay
- Where else does this psalm appear? Psalm 40:13-17
- In what two directions does David pray? Against those who mock him, and for those who seek God to rejoice
- What is David's deepest wish? That God would be honored among his people
- What might the title, a reminder, mean? David reminds God of his need, or reminds himself where help comes from.
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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