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Psalms 71 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: From My Youth to Old Age

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 Is My Hope

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

KindergartenYoung and Old

YOUNG → picture 4OLD → picture 3ROCK → picture 1HOPE → picture 2

Grade 1Tell the Next Generation

You are my rock. → picture 5I trusted you from my youth. → picture 1Don't forsake me when I am old. → picture 4I will tell the next generation. → picture 2My lips shall shout for joy! → picture 3

Order:

1. For you are my rock and my fortress2. For you are my hope3. You have taught me from my youth4. My lips shall shout for joy!

Grade 2God Is My Hope

  1. When did the singer start trusting God? When he was young (circle)
  2. What is God to him? His rock and his hope
  3. How old was the singer now? Old (circle)
  4. Who did he want to tell about God? The children (circle)
  5. What will his lips do? Shout for joy (circle)
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Grade 3I Will Always Hope

  1. Is there a title on Psalm 71? No, it has no title
  2. What is God to the singer since his youth? His hope and his confidence
  3. What does he pray about his old age? Don't reject me in my old age.
  4. Who will he tell about God's strength? The next generation
  5. What instrument will he use to praise God? The harp
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Grade 4A Lifetime of Trust

  1. How far back does the singer's trust go? From his youth, even from the womb
  2. What do his enemies whisper? God has forsaken him.
  3. What job does the singer want to finish? Declaring God's strength to the next generation
  4. How does the psalm end? With harp and lyre praising the Holy One of Israel

Word bank: 1. hope; 2. God; 3. old; 4. praise; 5. youth

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

Grade 5Declaring God to the Next Generation

  1. What runs like a thread through the singer's life? God's faithfulness from youth, even from the womb
  2. What conclusion do the enemies draw from his weakness? That God has forsaken him
  3. What does the singer admit about God's salvation? He does not know its full measure.
  4. What is his deepest desire in old age? To declare God's strength to the next generation
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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