Psalms

Church School Program

Praise psalms

• Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns.

• This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of Psalms.

• Today we are reading the last psalm first – Psalm 150 which is also called the Doxology. Many prayers of blessing are based on this psalm

• Read Psalm 150Read Who wrote the psalms?Read the story of King DavidDiscuss

• Work on the worksheets• Get into a circle and pray for the

coming week.

Psalm 150

• 1 Praise the LORD!                  Praise God in His sanctuary;          Praise Him in His mighty firmament!           2 Praise Him for His mighty acts;         Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!           3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;         Praise Him with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;         Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;         Praise Him with clashing cymbals!           6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.                  Praise the LORD!

There are 150 Psalms

WHICH PSALMS DID DAVID WRITE?

Psalms for all Occasions

• Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns.

• This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of PsalmsThere is a Psalm to match almost every mood feeling or need we have

• Read Selected Psalms for Certain Conditions

•Read Psalm 23

• Discuss

• Work on the worksheets Make Psalms bookmarks

• Get into a circle and pray for the coming week.

Psalm 23

• A Psalm of David.•  1 The LORD is my shepherd;

         I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;         He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul;         He leads me in the paths of righteousness          For His name’s sake.           4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,         I will fear no evil;          For You are with me;          Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.           5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;         You anoint my head with oil;          My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me         All the days of my life;          And I will dwell[a] in the house of the LORD          Forever.

Acknowledgement psalms

• Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns.

• This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of Psalms

• Today we are talking about Psalms of Thanksgiving and psalms that acknowledge God as King Psalm 100 is an example of this type of psalm

• The chorus we sing in church based on this psalm is “Lord you are good and your mercy endureth forever” and so is the hymn “All people that on earth do dwell”

• This psalm is often called ‘the Jubilate” which means “Be joyful!” or “Shout aloud” It is one of 8 psalms which celebrate God as the Great King above all Gods ( Ps 93,95,96,97,98,99,100,150)

• God’s greatness is acknowledged and also His goodness; also that He is our Creator and our Shepherd who cares for us

•Read Psalm 100

• Read the story of David and Goliath• Discuss

• Work on the worksheets• Get into a circle and pray for the coming week.

Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness;    Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselvesWe are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise.  Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good;  His mercy is everlasting,   And His truth endures to all generations.

Nature psalms

• Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns.

• This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of Psalms This week we are talking about psalms which celebrate the beauty of nature and God as the Creator

•Read Psalm 8

• Read Psalm 24• Discuss

• Work on the worksheets• Get into a circle and pray for the

coming week.

Psalm 8

• To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

•  1 O LORD, our Lord,         How excellent is Your name in all the earth,          Who have set Your glory above the heavens!           2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants         You have ordained strength,          Because of Your enemies,          That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.           3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,         The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him,         And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,[b]         And You have crowned him with glory and honor.           6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;         You have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen—         Even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air,         And the fish of the sea          That pass through the paths of the seas.           9 O LORD, our Lord,         How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Psalm 24

• A Psalm of David.•  1 The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness,

         The world and those who dwell therein. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas,         And established it upon the waters.           3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?         Or who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,         Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,          Nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD,         And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,         Who seek Your face.  Selah            7 Lift up your heads, O you gates!         And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!          And the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory?         The LORD strong and mighty,          The LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates!         Lift up, you everlasting doors!          And the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory?         The LORD of hosts,          He is the King of glory.  Selah  

Repentance psalms

Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of PsalmsThere are seven ‘penitential psalms’ and Psalm 51 is the best known. It was written by King David when he acknowledged the seriousness of his sins and asked God for forgiveness

Read David and BathshebaRead Psalm 51Discuss

Work on the worksheetsGet into a circle and pray for the coming week.

Psalm 51

• Have mercy upon me, O God,         According to Your lovingkindness;          According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,          Blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,         And cleanse me from my sin.           3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,         And my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,         And done this evil in Your sight—          That You may be found just when You speak,         And blameless when You judge.                    7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;         Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me hear joy and gladness,         That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins,         And blot out all my iniquities.           10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,         And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,         And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.           12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,         And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,         And sinners shall be converted to You.          

Messianic prophecy

Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of PsalmsMany of the psalms give Prophecy about the coming of Jesus as the Messiah

Read the Messianic ProphesiesRead the story of Palm SundayDiscuss

Work on the worksheetsGet into a circle and pray for the coming week.

Messianic prophecy

Messianic Prophecy in the PsalmsPsalms 132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the

fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.FulfilmentMatthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of

Abraham. Presented with GiftsProphecyPsalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of

Sheba and Sheba shall offer gifts.

FulfilmentMatthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the

king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Matthew 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Shall be a kingProphecyPsalms 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

FulfilmentMatthew 27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE

KING OF THE JEWS. Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Teacher of ParablesProphecyPsalms 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:FulfilmentMatthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a

parable spake he not unto them:

Messianic prophecy

Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. This term our program is called Psalms and we will be talking about the different types of Psalms

Read the Messianic Prophesies that relate to Good FridayRead the story of Good FridayDiscuss

Work on the worksheetsGet into a circle and pray for the coming week.

Messianic prophecy

• Hands and Feet Pierced• Prophecy• Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, an d shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

• Fulfillment• Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on

the right hand, and the other on the left. John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not b elieve.

•  • Hated without a cause• Prophecy• Psalms 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine

enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. Isaiah 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

• Fulfillment• John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.• Friends stood afar off• Prophecy• Psalms 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.• Fulfillment• Luke 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

Mark 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; Matthew 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

•  • People shook their heads• Prophecy• Psalms 109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

Psalms 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,• Fulfillment• Matthew 27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,•  • Stared upon• Prophecy• Psalms 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.• Fulfillment• Luke 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save

himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.•  • Garments parted and lots cast• Prophecy• Psalms 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.• Fulfillment• John 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part;

and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things th erefore the soldiers did.

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Messianic prophecy

• To suffer thirst• Prophecy• Psalms 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalms 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

• Fulfillment• John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I

thirst.•  • Gall and Vinegar offered him• Prophecy• Psalms 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.• Fulfillment• Matthew 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

•  • His forsaken cry• Prophecy• Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my

roaring?• Fulfillment• Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My

God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?•  • Committed himself to God• Prophecy• Psalms 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.• Fulfillment• Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having

said thus, he gave up the ghost.•  • Bones not broken• Prophecy• Psalms 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.• Fulfillment• John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:•  • Heart Broken• Prophecy• Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of

my bowels.• Fulfillment• John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

Psalm 2:7 Matt 3:17 God will declare the Messiah to be his Son

Psalm 8:6 Heb 2:8 All things will be put under the Messiah’s feet.

Psalm16:10 Mark:6-7 He will be raised from the dead

Psalm22:7-8 Luke 23:35 He will be mocked and insulted.

Psalm 22:16 John 20:25,27 His hands and feet will be pierced

Psalm 22:18 Matt 27:35-36 They will gamble for his clothing

Psalm 34:20 John 19:32-33,36

Not one of his bones will be broken

Psalm 35:11 Mark 14:57 He will be accused by ruthless witnesses

Psalm 35:19 John 15:25 He will be hated without any reason

Psalm 40:7-8 Heb 10:7 He will come to do God’s will

Psalm 41:9 Luke 22:47 He will be betrayed by a friend

Psalm 45:6 Heb 1:8 His throne (or reign) will be forever

Psalm 68:18 Mark 16:19 Zeal for God’s house will consume him

Psalm 69:21 Matt 27:34 He will be given gall and vinegar to drink.

Psalm 109:4 Luke 23:34 He will pray for his enemies

Psalm 109:8 Acts 1:20 His betrayer’s office will be replaced by another

Psalm 110:1 Matt 22:44 His enemies will be put under his feet.

Psalm 110:4 Heb 5:6 He will be a priest like Melchizedek

Psalm 118:22 Matt 21:42 He will be the capstone

Psalm 118:26 Matt 21:9 He will come in the name of the Lord

Easter

Talk to the children about their week and pray about any concerns. Review how Jesus birth, death and resurrection were prophesied in the Psalms as we have discussed the last two weeksRead The Easter StoryDiscuss Work on the worksheetsCelebrate with an Easter egg hunt or partyGet into a circle and pray for the coming week.

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