How to learn a verseDarby Bible
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Psalm 142:4-5 Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul. I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Look on the _____ hand and see; _____ is no man ____ knoweth me: refuge ____ failed me; no ___ careth for my ____. I cried unto ____, Jehovah; I said, ____ art my refuge, ___ portion in the ____ of the living.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Look ___ ___ right ____ ___ see; _____ ___ no ___ ____ knoweth ___: ______ hath ______ ___; no ___ ______ for ___ ____. I _____ ____ thee, ______; ___ said, ____ ___ my ______, ___ portion ___ ___ land ___ ___ living.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.L o t r h a s; t i n m t k m: r h f m; n m c f m s. I c u t, J; I s, T a m r, m p i t l o t l.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 142:4-5
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.