Week 613 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 99
Psalms 99 · Memory verse Psalms 99:4
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 99), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 99 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a small lamp
Hold a small lamp. Read Psalms 99 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 99:4: “The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 99?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 99 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.” 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, “Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!” Psalms 99 opens with these words: “Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.” The line to keep is Psalms 99:4: “The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.” Carry the word “king” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 99:4: “The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 99? Then try this: Read “The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in…” 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 99. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 99:4. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 99 and write Psalms 99:4 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 99:4
“The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 99. Help us remember Psalms 99:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.