Week 590 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 76
Psalms 76 · Memory verse Psalms 76:9
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 76), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 76 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a ribbon
Hold a ribbon. Read Psalms 76 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 76:9: “when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 76?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 76 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?” Psalms 76 opens with these words: “In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.” The line to keep is Psalms 76:9: “when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.” Carry the word “arose” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 76:9: “when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 76? Then try this: Read “when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Psalms 76. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 76:9. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 76 and write Psalms 76:9 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 76:9
“when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 76. Help us remember Psalms 76:9 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.