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Psalms 86 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Teach Me Your Way

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 Good

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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 Kind

LOVE → picture 4PRAY → picture 3WAY → picture 2GOOD → picture 1

Grade 1Teach Me

Hear me, Yahweh. → picture 3You are good and ready to forgive. → picture 5All nations will worship you. → picture 2Teach me your way. → picture 4You are merciful and gracious. → picture 1

Order:

1. For I am poor and needy2. For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive3. All nations you have made will come and worship before you4. Make my heart undivided to fear your name

Grade 2God Is Ready to Forgive

  1. What did David say God is? Good (circle)
  2. What is God ready to do? Forgive (circle)
  3. Who is like God? No one (circle)
  4. What did David ask God to teach him? His way (circle)
  5. How will David praise God? With his whole heart (circle)
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Grade 3An Undivided Heart

  1. Why does David ask God to answer? He is poor and needy.
  2. What is God ready to do? Forgive
  3. Who will come and worship God? All nations he has made
  4. What kind of heart does David ask for? An undivided heart
  5. What is God slow to? Anger
1: For I am poor and needy2: For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive3: All nations you have made will come and worship before you4: Make my heart undivided to fear your name
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Grade 4You Are God Alone

  1. What is special about Psalm 86 in Book III? It is the only psalm in Book III with David's name in the title.
  2. Why does David trust God? Because God is good, ready to forgive and abundant in loving kindness
  3. What does an undivided heart mean? A heart that is not split between God and other things
  4. Where do the words of verse 15 come from? Words first spoken to Moses

Word bank: 1. Hear; 2. good; 3. God; 4. Teach; 5. heart

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

Grade 5Make My Heart Undivided

  1. Which passage does Psalm 86 echo? God's self-description to Moses in Exodus 34
  2. How does David's view of God affect his trouble? It puts his trouble in perspective.
  3. What is a divided heart? A heart that wants God and something else at the same time
  4. Why does David ask for a sign of God's goodness? So his enemies may see that Yahweh has helped and comforted him
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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