Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Psalms 4?
Psalms 4 opens with these words: “Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.” The line to keep is Psalms 4:1: “Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.” Carry the word “answer” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Psalms 4:1: “Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.” What happens first in Psalms 4?
Psalms 4:1
“Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.”
Psalms 4:3
“But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.”
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Say it
Practice Psalms 4:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
mewhenIcall,Godofmyrighteousness.Givemefrommydistress.mercyonme,andhearmyprayer.