Memorize Psalm 37:5

Douay-Rheims 1899

For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

Psalm 37:5, Douay-Rheims 1899

18 words · about five minutes a day for five days ·

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The five steps

  1. Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
  2. Fill the gaps. About a third of the words become blanks. Say it out loud, supplying them; peek if you need to, trying is the point.
  3. Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
  4. First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
  5. All by yourself. Nothing but the reference. One confident recite, then it goes into your Verse Book to come back for review.

Each step makes a fine "tonight's step" spread over five days, and nothing is locked: the numbered dots jump anywhere. How to memorize Bible verses walks through the whole method.

Why it works

Three of the most replicated findings in learning science: retrieval practice (pulling a word from memory strengthens it more than rereading it), spacing (short tries on separate days beat one long one), and sleep (a verse said at bedtime is consolidated overnight). The blanks grow in stages so that every try is hard enough to count and never so hard that you give up.

Psalm 37:5 in context

Psalm 37 counsels the faithful not to burn with envy at temporary wrongdoing. Trust, quiet patience, generosity, and steady justice shape a durable inheritance, while violent schemes and anxious grasping ultimately fade.

Read Psalm 37:5 in its chapter · Psalm 37, in the Douay-Rheims 1899.

Verses that keep it company

Psalm 37:5 is on Bible verses about trusting God.

In other translations

BSB · Berean Standard BibleKJV · King James VersionNET · New English TranslationWEB · World English BibleESV · English Standard VersionASV · American Standard (1901)YLT · Young's Literal Translation

The reference is the same in every one; the path lets you switch mid-way, and pasting any wording you like works too.