The Daily RootedHome StoriesGradesChurchesWhat's NewAbout
Bible:
Answer key (separate)‹ Back to chapter 79

Prints on letter paper in black and white. No answers are printed on the student sheet.

Psalms 79 · Grade 5

Sheep of Your Pasture

Name Date

Read and Think

The title of Psalm 79 calls it a Psalm by Asaph. Like Psalm 74, it laments the ruin of Jerusalem and the temple. The psalm does not name the enemy. The scene is grim: the temple defiled, the city in heaps, bodies left unburied, and neighbors scoffing. The people cry, How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever?

Their prayer mixes confession with appeal. Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us. They ground every request in God's reputation: Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Forgive our sins, for your name's sake. They also ask, Why should the nations say, Where is their God?

Verses 6, 10 and 12 ask God to pour out wrath and repay their neighbors sevenfold. These are imprecatory lines: the people hand their anger to God rather than acting on it, trusting him to set things right. They pray too for the sighing of the prisoner. The psalm closes in thanksgiving: So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

Show What You Know

  1. Which psalm is Psalm 79 similar to?

  2. On what do the people ground their requests?

  3. What are imprecatory lines?

  4. How does the psalm close?

Crossword

41253

Across

  1. Your people and sheep of your ____.
  2. On the kingdoms that don’t call on your ____.

Down

  1. Your people and ____ of your pasture.
  2. They have shed their blood like water around ____.
  3. And ____ our sins.

Think About It

  1. Why might it be healthier to bring anger to God than to act on it?

  2. How does praying for God's name's sake change what we ask for?

Memory Verse

“Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.”

Psalms 79:9 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for forgiving us. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What should you do with your temper when someone wrongs you?
  • The people asked God not to hold their ancestors' sins against them. How does God's mercy free you from the past?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.