Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Psalms 85?
Psalms 85 opens with these words: “Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.” The line to keep is Psalms 85:8: “I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.” Carry the word “hear” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Psalms 85:8: “I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.” What happens first in Psalms 85?
Psalms 85:8
“I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.”
Psalms 85:3
“You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.”
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Say it
Practice Psalms 85:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
IwillhearwhatGod,Yahweh,speak,forhewillpeacetohispeople,hissaints;butletnotturnagaintofolly.