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Psalms 35:1–28
Psalm 35 is a prayer-poem in which the speaker asks Yahweh for help against enemies, describes unfair treatment, and promises thanks and praise. In this lesson, children trace the speaker, the strong images, and how the prayer moves from need toward praise.
Psalms 36:1–12
Psalm 36 begins by describing the wicked person, then turns to direct praise of God, and ends with a prayer for help. This lesson helps children notice the speaker, the images, and the movement of the poem.
Psalms 37:1–40
Psalm 37 is a wisdom poem that teaches children how to respond when wrongdoers seem to succeed. It uses repeated commands, strong contrasts and vivid images to show that safety is found in trusting Yahweh.
Psalms 38:1–22
Psalm 38 is a prayer in which the speaker tells God about pain, sin, loneliness and danger. Children can learn how the psalm moves from deep trouble to a direct cry for God’s help.
Psalms 39:1–13
Psalm 39 is a prayer that begins with careful silence and turns into honest words to God. In this lesson, children trace the speaker’s images, questions and requests, and notice how the psalm moves from restraint to hope and pleading.
Psalms 40:1–17
Psalm 40 moves from waiting, to rescue, to public praise, and then back to urgent prayer. In this lesson, children trace the speaker’s words and notice how the psalm holds thanks, obedience, trouble and trust together.
Psalms 41:1–13
Psalm 41 is a prayer-poem that begins with blessing, moves into sickness, enemies, and betrayal, and ends in trust and praise. In this lesson, children will trace the voices, images, and movement of the psalm.
Psalms 42:1–11
Psalm 42 teaches children how a prayer can speak honestly to God. The writer uses strong pictures like thirst, tears, waves and singing to show longing, sadness and steady hope in God.
Psalms 43:1–5
This lesson helps children trace Psalm 43 as a prayer that moves from trouble to hope. They will notice who is speaking, what the poet asks God to do, and how the ending answers the sadness at the start.
Matthew 6:19–24
Jesus teaches that what we value shapes our hearts, our outlook and our loyalty. In these verses, he contrasts treasure on earth with treasure in heaven, a sound eye with darkness, and serving God with serving Mammon.
Psalms 44:1–26
Psalm 44 is a communal lament that remembers God’s past victories, describes present disgrace and suffering, and ends with a direct plea for help. Students will trace how the prayer’s voice, images and tone shift across the whole psalm.
Psalms 45:1–17
Psalm 45 is a poem spoken for a king. It begins with the writer’s eager words, praises the king’s character and rule, then turns to the queen and ends with a promise that the king’s name will be remembered.
Psalms 46:1–11
Psalm 46 uses strong pictures to teach trust in God. Children will hear the movement from trouble and shaking, to God’s presence, to God’s rule over the earth, and respond with words and images from the psalm.
Psalms 47:1–9
Psalm 47 is a praise song that calls nations to clap, shout and sing. In this lesson, children will trace who is speaking, who is being addressed, and how the poem moves from “us” and “our” to God’s rule over all peoples.
Psalms 48:1–14
Psalm 48 teaches children to hear a song of praise about God and Zion, notice its vivid pictures, and follow how the words move from honouring God, to seeing safety, to telling the next generation.
Psalms 49:1–20
Psalm 49 is a wisdom song for everyone, not only for rich people. In this lesson, children hear the psalm’s pictures, follow its movement, and explain what it says about wealth, death and trust in God.
Psalms 50:1–23
Psalm 50 is a poem in which God speaks with authority to the whole earth and then to his own people. Students will trace the speaker, the strong images, and the poem’s movement from God’s appearance to his searching words.
Psalms 51:1–19
Psalm 51 is a prayer asking God for mercy, cleansing and renewal. In this lesson, children will notice who is speaking, the strong pictures in the psalm, and how the prayer moves from sorrow over sin to praise.
Psalms 52:1–9
Psalm 52 is a poem that begins by challenging a person who boasts in evil. In this lesson, children trace the psalm’s strong word pictures and notice how it moves from warning about deceit to trust and thanks to God.
Psalms 53:1–6
Psalm 53 is a short poem that begins with people denying God and ends with a wish for God’s salvation. In this lesson, children trace the speaker, the images and the poem’s movement from grief to hope.
Matthew 6:25–34
Jesus teaches that people should not be ruled by worry about food, drink or clothes. He points to birds and flowers, then tells his listeners to trust their heavenly Father and seek God’s kingdom first.
Psalms 54:1–7
Psalm 54 is a short prayer that moves from urgent help to steady confidence and thanks. In this lesson, children trace who is speaking, what the danger is, and how the prayer changes across the seven verses.
Psalms 55:1–23
Psalm 55 is a prayer poem from deep distress. Students will trace how the speaker moves through fear, escape imagery, betrayal, repeated prayer, and trust, while also noticing the psalm’s strong appeal for God to judge wickedness.
Psalms 56:1–13
Psalm 56 is a prayer from someone under pressure. Children can trace how the speaker moves from calling for mercy, to naming fear and danger, to choosing trust, praise and thanks to God.
