Week 627 · about 45 minutes
Psalms 113
Psalms 113 · Memory verse Psalms 113:9
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Psalms 113), the matching word search and answer key (Psalms 113 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a folded cloth
Hold a folded cloth. Read Psalms 113 in about four minutes, stopping at Psalms 113:9: “He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Psalms 113?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Psalms 113 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.” 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, “Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,” Psalms 113 opens with these words: “Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.” The line to keep is Psalms 113:9: “He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!” Carry the word “settles” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 113:9: “He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Psalms 113? Then try this: Read “He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!” 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 113. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Psalms 113:9. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Psalms 113 and write Psalms 113:9 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Psalms 113:9
“He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Psalms 113. Help us remember Psalms 113:9 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.